Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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2016-08
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Portier, Christopher J.
Armstrong, Bruce K
Baguley, Bruce C
Baur, Xaver
Belyaev, Igor
Belle, Robert
Belpoggi, Fiorella
Biggeri, Annibale
Bosland, Maarten C
Bruzzi, Paolo
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs Programme identifies chemicals, drugs, mixtures, occupational exposures, lifestyles and per- sonal habits, and physical and biological agents that cause cancer in humans and has evaluated about 1000 agents since 1971. Monographs are written by ad hoc Working Groups (WGs) of international scientific experts over a period of about 12 months ending in an eight-day meeting. The WG evaluates all of the publicly available scientific information on each substance and, through a transparent and rigorous process,1 decides on the degree to which the scientific evidence supports that substance’s potential to cause or not cause cancer in humans.
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10.1136/jech-2015-207005