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babylonsister

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Tue Apr 30, 2019, 09:35 PM Apr 2019

Trump EPA insists Monsanto's Roundup is safe, despite cancer cases


Trump EPA insists Monsanto's Roundup is safe, despite cancer cases
Administration to keep weedkiller on the market after landmark court rulings and concerns over food
Emily Holden in Washington
Tue 30 Apr 2019 17.08 EDT



The Trump administration is keeping the weedkiller Roundup on the US market, insisting it is safe for humans despite thousands of lawsuits launched by people who claim it gave them cancer.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains in a new decision that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, which is made by Monsanto, does not cause cancer or other health problems if it is used according to labels.

Glyphosate is used on more than 100 crops, including genetically modified corn, soy, cotton, canola and sugar beet, according to the EPA. Groups campaigning against glyphosate say it is most dangerous for farmworkers and others applying it but also poses risks for people consuming it in food.

Courts have found in favor of a school groundskeeper who is terminally ill with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and another man who used the chemical for decades and developed the same kind of cancer.

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/30/monsanto-roundup-trump-epa-cancer?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco&fbclid=IwAR35kHJ3zwHTdDGsEHhbTkJ_-IN2-wrJyJ9kkGj47o1CWWLlumHBRmsC1e0
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Trump EPA insists Monsanto's Roundup is safe, despite cancer cases (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2019 OP
Let him and his entire family use it. onecaliberal Apr 2019 #1
Bayern should donate roundup to all orange turd properties kimbutgar Apr 2019 #2
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