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The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed its 2017 findings and confirmed that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s weed-killer Roundup, does not cause cancer. The announcement made by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Tuesday comes at the same time there are currently 13,400 lawsuits against the controversial weedkiller. (emphasis added)
While the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled glyphosate was “probably carcinogenic to humans,” the EPA has “disregarded independent, peer-reviewed research that showed a link between glyphosate and cancer in favor of Monsanto-funded studies saying it was safe,” EcoWatch reported.
“EPA has found no risks to public health from the current registered uses of glyphosate,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said.
A California jury ruled in favor of one of the plaintiffs in 2018 awarding a Bay Area groundskeeper who repeatedly used Roundup, which he claimed caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma, awarding him $78 million in restitution. Another California man was awarded $80 million in a similar lawsuit in March.
And many environmental groups are weary of the EPA’s findings, saying “the EPA’s pesticide office is […]
When I lived in Florida, I knew a man who’s father had a job spraying Roundup on rich people’s lawns to keep them looking good. He died from that job back in the 70’s and his son grieved that his father had to make a living spraying this horrible substance. I needed no more proof than that to know I would never use it and that no one else should use it. Why can’t the world accept the truth about this terrible substance????
The answer is in one word: Corruption.
This opinion of the EPA is a good indicator on how corrupt they have become.