German Medical Assembly says glyphosate should not be re-authorized

[JohnyCanuck]

The German Medical Assembly is the annual meeting of the German Medical Association.

Assembly cites cancer risk and DNA-damaging effects

The 119th German Medical Assembly in Hamburg has asked the German government and the EU Commission not to re-approve glyphosate, in accordance with the precautionary principle.

The Assembly said in a a statement that its request was prompted by the finding of the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency IARC that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen and poses a genotoxic (damaging to DNA) risk.

The Assembly said that for genotoxic effects, there is no safe threshold of exposure. Therefore the prerequisite for any further long-term authorization would be independent studies showing that the levels of glyphosate herbicides that humans are exposed to cannot cause these effects.

http://gmwatch.org/news/latest-news/16982-german-medical-assembly-says-glyphosate-should-not-be-re-authorized[/blockquo

[CentralMass]

1. That is interesting with German owned Bayer trying to buy Monsanto.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/bayers-all-cash-offer-values-monsanto-at-62-billion-1463981986