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Monsanto Statement on Delaying European Renewal of Glyphosate
USAgNet - 05/24/2016
Regulatory decisions must be made consistently, predictably and based on the best available science In response to further delay of a vote by the EU Member States on the renewal of glyphosate, Philip Miller, Ph.D., Monsanto's vice president of global
regulatory and governmental affairs, issued the following statement:
The European Union's risk assessment on glyphosate has been one of the most thorough evaluations of an agricultural product ever conducted. The risk assessment conducted by the rapporteur member state, Germany, and reviewed by the European Food
Safety Agency (EFSA) included more than 90,000 pages of data and 353 studies not previously reviewed by the EU.
The assessment considered the best available science and found no evidence of unreasonable risk. In addition, earlier this week, the Joint WHO/FAO Meeting on Pesticide Residues again reaffirmed that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to
humans from exposure through the diet.
Further delay in a vote by the Member States is not scientifically warranted and represents an unprecedented deviation from the EU's legislative framework. This delay undermines the credibility of the European regulatory process and threatens to put European
farmers and the European agriculture and chemical industries at a competitive disadvantage.
Monsanto joins with farmer groups and other European glyphosate registrants in reinforcing the strong conclusions of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and EFSA. On the basis of this scientific assessment, we urge a prompt and full
renewal of glyphosate by the EU Member States.
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