US won't approve labels that say glyphosate causes cancer

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The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes ...

WASHINGTON: The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement"false and misleading."

"It is irresponsible to require labels on products that are inaccurate when EPA knows the product does not pose a cancer risk. We will not allow California's flawed program to dictate federal policy," said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a statement. But the independence of the European Food Safety Authority was questioned after media reports suggested that pages of its report were copied and pasted from analyses in a 2012 Monsanto study.

 

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