2022-04-10
It's been a while since we published an articles on glyphosate, but that isn't because this herbicide has gone away.
Glyphosate has been removed from domestic Roundup, but that of itself doesn't necessarily imply that this domestic product is now safe. The fact that the manufacturer is continuing to use glyphosate in its agricultural products, despite losing lawsuits that allege harm from glyphosate exposure, may be taken by some to indicate that the company puts its profits before health issues; that in turn would not imply that the non-glyphosate version of Roundup has been meticulously reformulated with safety as a priority.
Indeed the company has "said the removal of glyphosate from these products is 'exclusively to manage litigation risk and not because of any safety concerns' ”.
Did they think through the possible implications of that statement?
Nevertheless, in "2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen"
So the perception that glyphosate is unsafe and that it is routinely sprayed on our food plants remains cause for concern for many.
So what do we know about this herbicide?
Environmental Health News provides a useful round up (so to speak).
