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• Roundup Weedkiller Faces Relicensing in Europe Amid Cancer Warning by WHO

  July 22, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  German investigators have called RoundUp herbicide safe and recommend that the active ingredient, glyphosate, be relicensed in Europe, despite cancer concerns.

• Roundup Cancer Concerns to be Reviewed by Panel Convened by Monsanto

  July 15, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  Monsanto has formed an independent research team to investigate IARC claims that Roundup's active ingredient may be a cancer-causing agent.

• Roundup Weedkiller Pulled From Stores in France Over Cancer Concerns

  June 22, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A French ban on the sale of Roundup weedkiller in garden centers comes on the heels of cancer concerns.

• EPA May Require Testing For Roundup Herbicide Residue Due To Cancer Concerns

  April 21, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  The EPA may soon require testing for residue of the active ingredient in Roundup amid growing cancer concerns.

• EPA To Reconsider Roundup Pesticide Safety Due to Cancer Concerns

  April 10, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  The EPA will take a look at the safety of Roundup and similar weedkillers in a few months, following a WHO report calling it a probably carcinogen.

• Monsanto Calls WHO Report of Roundup As Probable Carcinogen “Junk Science”

  March 24, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  Monsanto is criticizing a WHO determination that Roundup's active ingredient probably causes cancer, saying bad science led to the classification.

• Monsanto Roundup Probably Causes Cancer, WHO Experts Determine

  March 23, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  A new report by the World Health Organization classifies the main ingredient in the weed killer Roundup as a probable carcinogen.

• Pesticide Residue Found in Half of U.S. Food, But USDA Considers It Safe

  December 22, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  A new study suggests that nearly half of all food in the U.S. contains traces of pesticide. However, the USDA indicates that the levels are considered safe.

• Concerns About Side Effects of Roundup Weedkiller Raised at EPA Meeting

  May 28, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  Concerned mothers and scientists pushed EPA to put in effect more stringent regulations on the pesticide Roundup, claiming it causes a variety of negative health effects.

• Roundup Weed Killer May Cause Parkinson’s, Cancer, Other Problems

  April 26, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  Exposure to the commonly used weed killer Roundup may be linked to a risk of serious health problems, including Parkinson’s...