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EU may defer decision on glyphosate safety

Mar. 7, 2016 at 6:01 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union will defer a decision on whether to extend approval for glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, following a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer, EU sources said Monday. Experts from all 28 member states attended a closed-door […]

EU food safety watchdog hits back in glyphosate safety row

Jan. 13, 2016 at 4:12 pm CST

By barbara-lewis

Monsanto-backed panel says glyphosate not carcinogenic

Dec. 10, 2015 at 2:15 am CST

By Karl Plume

EU scientists say glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer

Nov. 12, 2015 at 2:18 pm CST

By barbara-lewis

California considers adding meat to cancer-alert list

Oct. 28, 2015 at 3:54 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Cancer ‘hazard’ not a cancer ‘risk,’ meat industry cautions

Oct. 26, 2015 at 8:20 pm CDT

A new report classifying processed meats such as hot dogs and bacon as “carcinogenic” to humans doesn’t set out a cause-and-effect link between meats and cancer, industry groups caution. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a research arm of the World Health Organization, on Monday published a report […]

By Staff

Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO

Oct. 26, 2015 at 8:52 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet. The France-based International Agency for […]

By Gus Trompiz

Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

Oct. 23, 2015 at 7:46 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered health experts in France […]

By Reuters

Suits stack up over alleged Roundup cancer link

Oct. 17, 2015 at 5:49 pm CDT

Reuters — Personal injury law firms around the U.S. are lining up plaintiffs for what they say could be “mass tort” actions against agrichemical giant Monsanto that claim the company’s Roundup herbicide has caused cancer in farm workers and others exposed to the chemical. The latest lawsuit was filed Wednesday in […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer

Sep. 29, 2015 at 6:17 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide. The lawsuits come six months after the World Health Organization’s cancer research unit said it was […]

By Carey Gillam

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