EPIC EPA Fail - A Thorough Assessment of the EPA's Not-So-Thorough-Assessment of Glyphosate
By Zen Honeycutt, Director, Moms Across America
Glyphosate-based herbicides are the most widely used herbicides in the world. According to the EPA’s own study, between 2012 to 2016 approximately 281 million pounds of glyphosate was applied to 298 million acres annually in agricultural settings, on average.
Yet, despite massive public outcry, letters to the EPA, thousands of calls, protests, petitions, and campaigns regarding the myriad of ways glyphosate has been shown to impact human health, the EPA released a statement on January 30, 2020:
The EPA thoroughly assessed risks to humans from exposure to glyphosate from all registered uses and all routes of exposure and did not identify any risks of concern.
How can the EPA justify this?
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