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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, June 5, 2017)\u00a0Following the recent proposed 10-year extension for the approval of glyphosate<\/a> use in the European Union (EU), internationally recognized toxicologist Dr. Christopher Portier, Ph.D. has delivered a letter to the European Commission (the Commission), calling the scientific findings of these agencies into question. Dr. Portier is former associate director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and director of NIEHS’ Office of Risk Assessment Research. According to the letter<\/a>, both the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (EChA) \u201cfailed to identify all statistically significant cancer findings in the chronic rodent carcinogenicity studies with glyphosate.\u201d Previously, the Commission, which is in charge of the approval of glyphosate, was forced to issue a limited license extension for the chemical because member states could not reach a consensus. The Commission was holding out for further information on carcinogenicity, which was assessed by the ECHA, and\u00a0whose report was issued in March 2017<\/a>. According to ECHA\u2019s most recent assessment, glyphosate is not carcinogenic.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Portier asks that the evaluations by EFSA and EChA be \u201crepeated for all toxicological endpoints and the data underlying these evaluations be publicly released.\u201d Based on these failures in data analysis, the final assessments conducted by the EU agencies are insufficient to allow for glyphosate\u2019s license extension, he said. In his final request of the European agencies, Dr. Portier states, \u201cIn the interest of scientific transparency, EFSA should release all of the raw data in all areas of toxicology for all pesticides so scientists interested in repeating the evaluations by EFSA and EChA can do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2015, Dr. Portier presented at a scientific briefing in London<\/a> and stated,\u00a0\u201c<\/em>Glyphosate is definitely genotoxic. There is no doubt in my mind.\u201d Genotoxicity is the ability of a chemical agent to damage the genetic information within a cell, causing mutations that may lead to cancer. According to Dr. Portier\u2019s presentation, there is strong evidence<\/a> that glyphosate and its formulated products are genotoxic and an oxidative stressor.<\/p>\n

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto\u2019s Roundup brand of weedkillers, and research by WHO\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has found that it is a\u00a0probable human carcinogen<\/a>. Since IARC\u2019s findings were released,\u00a0Monsanto has made several efforts to discredit the research<\/a>\u00a0of this highly respected, international body, including attempting to influence government agencies. Glyphosate is also patented as an antibiotic. Because glyphosate disrupts a crucial pathway for manufacturing aromatic amino acids in plants \u2013but not animals\u2014 many have assumed that it does not harm humans. However, many bacteria do use the shikimate pathway, and 90% of the cells in a human body are bacteria. The\u00a0destruction of beneficial microbiota in the human gut<\/a>\u00a0(and elsewhere in and on the human body) is, therefore, a cause for concern \u2013and a major contributor to disease.<\/p>\n

In April 2016, a\u00a0European poll reported<\/a>\u00a0that the majority of people across the EU\u2019s five biggest countries, including three-quarters of Italians, 70% of Germans, 60% of French, and 56% of Britons, support a ban on glyphosate. The herbicide is the\u00a0most widely used herbicide in the world<\/a>, according to Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally<\/a>, and as a result is being detected in food and\u00a0human bodies<\/a>. Tests have detected\u00a0glyphosate residues in German beer<\/a>\u00a0at levels higher than allowed in drinking water.\u00a0Glyphosate residues<\/a>\u00a0have been found in bread being sold in the UK. The\u00a0results of the bread study also shows that glyphosate use in the UK increased by 400% in the last 20 years and is one of the three pesticides regularly found in routine testing of British bread \u2013appearing in up to 30% of samples tested by the UK government.<\/p>\n

Despite the known risks of glyphosate exposure, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) abandoned its plans<\/a> to test the U.S. food supply for the presence of glyphosate residues in March 2017. The decision came after heated controversy over the\u00a0carcinogenicity of glyphosate<\/a>, which was cleared by a California judge for\u00a0listing under California\u2019s Prop 65<\/a>\u00a0in January of this year. The federal government\u2019s pesticide monitoring program, which is run jointly by USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was\u00a0criticized by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in 2014<\/a>\u00a0for its failure to test for the widely used herbicide.<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides has filed several lawsuits against companies that have produced food products containing glyphosate, and then labeling those products \u201cnatural.\u201d In August 2016, three non-profit organizations\u00a0filed a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0against General Mills for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand granola bars as natural. In\u00a0November 2016<\/a>, Beyond Pesticides and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), represented by Richman Law Group, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in the District of Columbia against Sioux Honey Association, for the deceptive and misleading labeling of its Sue Bee and Aunt Sue\u2019s honey brands.<\/p>\n

Consumers can avoid glyphosate exposure by buying organic food and supporting organic agriculture. Beyond Pesticides has long promoted the importance of organic in a sustainable food system, and works to promote the widespread transition of chemical-intensive farming to organic production. By utilizing ecological pest management strategies, organic practices, and solutions that are not dependent on toxic chemicals are the most appropriate and long-term solution to managing unwanted plants, or weeds. To find out more about the work Beyond Pesticides is doing on organic integrity, check out\u00a0Keeping Organic Strong<\/a>,\u00a0or to see all the reasons to go organic, visit\u00a0Eating with a Conscience<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources: Euractiv.com<\/a>, Fruitnet<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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