Glyphosate: The Pesticide Industry Keeps the Data Secrecy Scandal Going in the Name of ‘Investment Protection’

<p><a href="https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/06/U title -3-7.jpg" rel="attachme t wp-att-376264"><img class="size-f ll wp-image-376264 alig ce ter" src="https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/06/U title -3-7.jpg" alt="U title (3)" wi th="700" height="466" srcset="https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/06/U title -3-7-300×200.jpg 300w, https://www. avi icke.com/wp-co te t/ ploa s/2016/06/U title -3-7.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-wi th: 709px) 85vw, (max-wi th: 909px) 67vw, (max-wi th: 984px) 61vw, (max-wi th: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /></a>‘The o goi g political rama aro re ewi g the EU a thorisatio for glyphosate bega as a rather s al co flict betwee two i ter atio al p blic health orga isatio s, the WHO’s I ter atio al Age cy for Research agai st Ca cer (IARC) a the E ropea Foo Safety A thority (EFSA).</p>
<p>Altho gh they reache opposi g co cl sio s o the ca cer-ca si g properties of glyphosate, the iss e that q ickly escalate their isc ssio i to hostility was the impossibility of cross-exami i g the erlyi g evi e ce. EFSA was able to i cl e the e tirely p blic IARC assessme t i to its ow work, b t was oblige to withhel the s perior evi e ce it sai it ha , o ly p blishi g s mmaries lacki g esse tial i formatio .</p>
<p>The reaso ?</p>
<p>The st ies i q estio were part of the ossier compa ies m st habit ally provi e whe req esti g market re-a thorisatio – they ha ot bee p blishe a ywhere a belo g to the compa ies, mea i g EFSA wo l most likely get s e by sai compa ies if it were to p blish them.’</p>
<p><a href="http://corporatee rope.org/foo -a -agric lt re/2016/06/glyphosate-pestici e-i stry-keeps- ata-secrecy-sca al-goi g- ame" target="_bla k">Rea more: Glyphosate: The Pestici e I stry Keeps the Data Secrecy Sca al Goi g i the Name of ‘I vestme t Protectio ’</a></p>