Several EU Members Reaffirm Glyphosate Safety
For several years now, numerous countries around the world have limited or outright banned the use of glyphosate within their borders, writes Eric Sfiligoj at CropLife. Indeed, some of the herbicide’s harshest critics have resided within the European Union (EU) block.
But glyphosate got some encouraging news lately. In the EU, all approved pesticide active ingredients undergo routine scientific evaluations, which are conducted by designated member states and then peer reviewed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Glyphosate is currently going through this routine renewal process in the EU. The designated members for the current glyphosate renewal process – known as the Assessment Group on Glyphosate (AGG) – are France, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
In mid-June, the AGG published its main conclusions for glyphosate. Among the key findings were that “taking all the evidence into account ( i.e., animal experiments, epidemiological studies, and statistical analyses), AGG proposes that a classification of glyphosate with regard to carcinogenicity is not justified.” The group also concluded that the classification of glyphosate as toxic for reproduction and for germ cell mutagenicity genotoxic or mutagenic “is not justified.”
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