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Friday, February 15th, 2019

Weedkiller ‘raises risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by 41%’

Author:     Carey Gillam
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Thu 14 Feb 2019 01.00 EST
 Link: Weedkiller ‘raises risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by 41%’
Stephan:   The fact that Roundup is still sold in the United States is a measure of the corruption of the regulatory agencies whose job is supposed to be to protect us from poisons like Roundup. That it is for sale is proof that, particularly under Trump, corporations own the agencies that are supposed to regulate them.

Bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto. Findings come as regulators in several countries consider limiting the use of glyphosate-based products in farming.
Credit: Jeff Roberson/AP

A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weedkilling products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The evidence “supports a compelling link” between exposures to glyphosate-based herbicides and increased risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), the authors concluded, though they said the specific numerical risk estimates should be interpreted with caution.

The findings by five US scientists contradict the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) assurances of safety over the weed killer and come as regulators in several countries consider limiting the use of glyphosate-based products in farming.

Monsanto and its German owner Bayer AG face more than 9,000 lawsuits in the US brought by people suffering from NHL who blame Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicides […]

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