{"id":56962,"date":"2017-05-19T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=56962"},"modified":"2017-05-19T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T19:45:00","slug":"us-court-documents-show-monsanto-manager-led-cancer-cover-glyphosate-and-pcbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/us-court-documents-show-monsanto-manager-led-cancer-cover-glyphosate-and-pcbs\/","title":{"rendered":"US Court Documents Show Monsanto Manager Led Cancer Cover up for Glyphosate and PCBs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The same Monsanto manager, Dr. George Levinskas, who helped hide the carcinogenic potential of PCBs<\/a> in the 1970s, has now been shown, in California court documents released Tuesday, to have also influenced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the carcinogenic potential of the World\u2019s most used herbicide \u2013 glyphosate \u2013 in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

In March 2015 Sustainable Pulse uncovered<\/a> a 30 year cover up by Monsanto and the EPA, related to the probable carcinogenicty of the World\u2019s most used herbicide \u2013 glyphosate. This cover up has now been confirmed by court documents released by the U.S. District Court in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) reported Wednesday<\/a> that more than 50 lawsuits against Monsanto Co. are pending in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, filed by people alleging that exposure to Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, caused them or their loved ones to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and that Monsanto covered up the risks.<\/p>\n

On March 13th, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled<\/a> \u2014 over Monsanto\u2019s objections \u2014 that documents obtained by plaintiffs through discovery could be unsealed.<\/p>\n

The documents released<\/a> are a treasure trove of information on how Monsanto influenced the EPA to change the March 4, 1985 classification of glyphosate as a Class C Carcinogen \u2013 showing suggestive potential of carcinogenic potential \u2013 to a Class E category which suggests \u201cevidence of non-carcinogenicity for humans\u201d in 1991.<\/p>\n

This change in glyphosate\u2019s classification occurred during the same period that Monsanto was developing its first Roundup-Ready (glyphosate-resistant) GM Crops.<\/p>\n

Shortly after WHO\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer\u2019s (IARC) report on glyphosate<\/a> confirmed glyphosate probably causes cancer in March 2015, Sustainable Pulse discovered EPA documents from 1991<\/a> that showed how a Monsanto funded long-term glyphosate safety study on mice<\/a>, which suggested carcinogenic potential according to the EPA experts, was \u2018reviewed\u2019 again until it mysteriously showed no carcinogenic potential.<\/p>\n

The reason for the EPA review leading to the change in classification was unknown until this week. It is now clear however that the EPA was heavily influenced by Monsanto during the re-classification process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In March 2015 Sustainable Pulse uncovered a 30 year cover up by Monsanto and the EPA, related to the probable carcinogenicty of the World\u2019s most used herbicide \u2013 glyphosate. 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