{"id":68245,"date":"2019-02-15T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=68245"},"modified":"2019-02-15T04:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T04:40:00","slug":"new-paper-undercuts-epa-assurance-glyphosate-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/new-paper-undercuts-epa-assurance-glyphosate-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"New Paper Undercuts EPA Assurance of Glyphosate Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1383574218300887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new scientific meta-analysis<\/a>&nbsp;of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides published online Sunday, Feb. 10, found&nbsp;that individuals with high exposures to the herbicides have a 41% increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.&nbsp;The findings by five U.S. scientists run counter to an assessment by the U.S. EPA that found no cancer concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the paper is published in the journal Mutation Research\/Reviews&nbsp;in Mutation Research, whose editor in chief is EPA toxicologist David DeMarini. Three of the study authors were members of the EPA&#8217;s scientific advisory panel on glyphosate who have stated publicly that the EPA failed to follow proper scientific practices in its glyphosate assessment.&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Insectageddon:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0006320718313636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global scientific review<\/a>&nbsp;of insect declines, researchers reported that over 40% of insect species are threatened with extinction.&nbsp;The main drivers: habitat loss due to intensive agriculture, and heavy pesticide use. See&nbsp;coverage in The Guardian,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/feb\/10\/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plummeting insect numbers &#8216;threaten collapse of nature,&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;and op-ed,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/feb\/12\/politicians-killing-insects-ecosystems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politicians are complicit in the killing of our insects \u2013 we will be next<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;new scientific meta-analysis&nbsp;of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides published online Sunday, Feb. 10, found&nbsp;that individuals with high exposures to the herbicides have a 41% increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.&nbsp;The findings by five U.S. scientists run counter to an assessment by the U.S. EPA that found no cancer concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":68246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000,1031],"tags":[7],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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