{"id":21485,"date":"2019-01-19T09:23:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T22:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=21485"},"modified":"2019-01-19T09:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T22:23:47","slug":"analysis-epa-ignored-scientific-research-showing-monsantos-glyphosate-causes-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=21485","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: EPA Ignored Scientific Research Showing Monsanto\u2019s Glyphosate Causes Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Girl_Pouring_Milk_On_Cheerios.jpg\" alt=\"Girl_Pouring_Milk_On_Cheerios\" class=\"wp-image-21486\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new analysis from the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Sciences Europe documents the diametrically different approaches the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization took when determining the cancer risk from exposure to Monsanto\u2019s weedkiller glyphosate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report shows that the EPA ignored a large number of peer-reviewed independent studies that link glyphosate to cancer in humans, instead using research paid for by Monsanto to support the agency\u2019s position that glyphosate is not carcinogenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, in 2015, after reviewing extensive U.S., Canadian and Swedish epidemiological studies on glyphosate\u2019s human health effects, as well as research on laboratory animals, WHO\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, classified the chemical as \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.ewg.org\/release\/analysis-epa-ignored-scientific-research-showing-monsanto-s-glyphosate-causes-cancer\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new analysis from the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Sciences Europe documents the diametrically different approaches the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization took when determining the cancer risk from exposure to Monsanto\u2019s weedkiller glyphosate. The report shows that the EPA ignored a large number of peer-reviewed independent studies that link glyphosate &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=21485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Analysis: EPA Ignored Scientific Research Showing Monsanto\u2019s Glyphosate Causes Cancer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21487,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21485\/revisions\/21487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}