EPA re-approves key Roundup chemical

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has re-approved a chemical used in Bayer's Roundup weed killer despite concerns over its health risks. The agency is doubling down on its claims that the chemical, glyphosate, doesn’t pose a danger to humans despite thousands of lawsuits that attribute cancer to Roundup. “The EPA found there was insufficient evidence to conclude that glyphosate plays a role in any human diseases,” said an agency interim registration review decision.  The agency did find that glyphosate presented “low or limited potential risks” in birds and mammals. The EPA’s results differ from other research such as a 2015 World Health Organization analysis which found that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic” to humans...MORE