LANDMARK STUDY - No Cancer link to glyphosate used in herbicides

[Vanillalite]

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1D916C

A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday.

Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), the study found there was no association between glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's popular herbicide RoundUp, "and any solid tumors or lymphoid malignancies overall, including non-Hogkin Lymphoma (NHL) and its subtypes".

It said there was "some evidence of increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) among the highest exposed group", but added this association was "not statistically significant".

The findings are likely to impact legal proceedings in the United States against Monsanto, in which more than 180 plaintiffs are claiming exposure to RoundUp gave them cancer - allegations that Monsanto denies.

The findings may also influence a crucial decision due by the end of the year on whether glyphosate should be re-licensed for sale across the European Union.

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[Vanillalite]

https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jnci/djx233/4590280

From Oxford on the study...

Results

Among 54 251 applicators, 44 932 (82.8%) used glyphosate, including 5779 incident cancer cases (79.3% of all cases). In unlagged analyses, glyphosate was not statistically significantly associated with cancer at any site. However, among applicators in the highest exposure quartile, there was an increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) compared with never users (RR = 2.44, 95% CI = 0.94 to 6.32, Ptrend = .11), though this association was not statistically significant. Results for AML were similar with a five-year (RRQuartile 4 = 2.32, 95% CI = 0.98 to 5.51, Ptrend = .07) and 20-year exposure lag (RRTertile 3 = 2.04, 95% CI = 1.05 to 3.97, Ptrend = .04).

Conclusions

In this large, prospective cohort study, no association was apparent between glyphosate and any solid tumors or lymphoid malignancies overall, including NHL and its subtypes. There was some evidence of increased risk of AML among the highest exposed group that requires confirmation.

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[A Fish Aficionado]

That off the back of IARC editing out non-carcinogenic studies due to lobbying groups.

In glyphosate review, WHO cancer agency edited out 'non-carcinogenic' findings

France and California are still nuts for giving in to organic lobbyists.

 

[Wilsongt]

Yet people are still going to ignore this science because it goes against what Mommy Health Anti-GMO blogger said on all of my Let's Only Eat Organic facebook groups.

 

[Dai101]

Huh. I saw this thread in the morning, i can't belive that it only has 2 answers.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

It doesn't mention Roundup or Monsanto... So that's why.

 

[AoM]

But I imagine Moore's second suggestion here is still false.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM