New data on health aspects of Glyphosate A current, preliminary assessment by BfR
| Main Author: | German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
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| Format: | Report |
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, 2011
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/582216 |
Daftar Isi:
- Glyphosate is an herbicide active substance used in different plant protection products. The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) has asked the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) to provide an opinion regarding the health risks associated with plant protection products containing glyphosate. A publication by a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) and a request by the European Commission for Germany’s commentary in its role as rapporteur for the active substance within the European plant protection product authorisation procedure on this report initiated this request. BfR concludes that the NGO report in question contains little new factual information while its relevant aspects in regard to the health assessment of the active substance glyphosate have already been examined by various international panels. On the contrary, the central expert debate actually reflects fundamentally different approaches to the health risk assessment of chemicals. According to BfR, such paradigm shifts must first be subjected to an expert review process and international panel discussions in order to assess their necessity. The present Opinion served as information to the European Commission and was thus drafted and will only be published in English on the BfR website.
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