Is Monsanto Influencing the EPA to Ignore Health Hazards of Herbicide Glyphosate?

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Monsanto Bullies EPA on Glyphosate Ruling

by Violet Batcha
EWG.org

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The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input on the health impacts of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. But despite mounting evidence, the EPA continues to ignore glyphosate’s hazards, and it looks like Monsanto’s under-the-table influence may be a reason why.

Monsanto has launched a campaign to pressure the EPA into declaring glyphosate safe. It is terrified of losing the profits from selling this ubiquitous herbicide.

The use of glyphosate on U.S. farmland has exploded in recent years. A recent …read more

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