In December 2023 the EU will decide on the re-authorisation of glyphosate. It is the world's most used weedkiller. The widespread use causes great harm to biodiversity and health. It seriously pollutes water and negatively impacts soil health. Especially the use to kill a crop before harvesting the grain, the use to kill and reseed grassland in dairy farming and the use in cities are contested. It is omnipresent and the substance and its breakdown products can be detected in the blood and urine of most humans. Hundreds of studies by independent scientists show that it is toxic in many ways: it disturbs our gut microbiome, it can damage genes and lead to cancer, it is toxic to the liver and kidney and it is a suspected neurotoxic, linked to Parkinsons disease.
In July 2023 the European Food Safety Authority EFSA published a summary of their advice. They see no critical areas of concern but do see many negative effects that they don't address because of a lack of data or missing guidelines. Now the EU Commission will come with a proposal and the Member States will vote. Already in 2017 over 1 million Europeans signed a citizens initiative to demand a ban. The authorisation procedure is highly contested, because only studies by the producers are seriously taken into account by the authorities and most independent studies are ignored. A major scandal developed fin 2016 when it was proven that the safety assessment by the German government institute was ghost written by Bayer Monsanto. In the end the EU decided in 2017 to prolong authorisation for 5 years.
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