[Ngo-sanrm] Two links related to WHO's announcement about cancer and Monsanto's Roundup weed killer

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group ngo-sanrm at ngocentre.org.vn
Tue Mar 24 07:32:17 GMT 2015


Below are two links related to the recent announcement from the World
Health Organization (WHO) that Monsanto's Roundup weed killer, widely used
with Monsanto's patented GMO seeds and crops, can "probably" cause cancer.



*Article from Reuters by Tom Polansek dated Friday, March 20, 2015
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-monsanto-roundup-cancer-idUSKBN0MG2NY20150320>*



Monsanto weed killer can 'probably' cause cancer: World Health Organization



BY TOM POLANSEK
<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=thomas.polansek&>

Fri Mar 20, 2015



*Article from the British medical journal, The Lancet, dated March 20, 2015
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(15)70134-8/fulltext>*



Carcinogenicity of tetrachlorvinphos, parathion, malathion, diazinon, and
glyphosate



In March, 2015, 17 experts from 11 countries met at the International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; Lyon, France) to assess the
carcinogenicity of the organophosphate pesticides tetrachlorvinphos,
parathion, malathion, diazinon, and glyphosate.



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