Report Finds That EU Glyphosate Approval Was Based on Plagiarised Monsanto Text
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Study for European parliament ‘explains why EU assessors brushed off warnings of pesticide’s dangers’, says MEP.
By Arthur Neslen, The Guardian
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EU regulators based a decision to relicense the controversial weedkiller glyphosate on an assessment plagiarised from industry reports, according to a report for the European parliament.
A cross-party group of MEPs commissioned an investigation into claims that Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) copy-and-pasted tracts from Monsanto studies.
The study’s findings have been released hours before a parliamentary vote on tightening independent scrutiny of the pesticides approvals process.
The authors said they found “clear evidence of BfR’s deliberate pretense of an independent assessment, whereas, in reality, the authority was only echoing the industry applicants’ assessment". Some members of the Parlament are saying that the scale of alleged plagiarism is extremely alarming”.
The document's authenticity was first revealed in The Guardian. Read the full coverage HERE.
In other news, Health Canada doubled down on glyphosate cancer fight.
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