UN/WHO panel in conflict of interest row over glyphosate cancer risk | Environment | The Guardian
A UN panel that on Tuesday ruled that glyphosate was probably not
carcinogenic to humans has now become embroiled in a bitter row about
potential conflicts of interests. It has emerged that an institute
co-run by the chairman of the UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues
received a six-figure donation from Monsanto, which uses the substance
as a core ingredient in its bestselling Roundup weedkiller:http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/17/unwho-panel-in-conflict-of-interest-row-over-glyphosates-cancer-risk
Glyphosate is a core ingredient in Roundup weedkiller, made by Monsanto.
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