EPA Draft Risk Assessments for Glyphosate Released (and Update!)

Update:


Registration Review; Draft Human Health and/or Ecological Risk Assessments for Several Pesticides; Notice of Availability
(EPA Notice, Federal Register; February 27, 2018)
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/27/2018-03986/registration-review-draft-human-health-andor-ecological-risk-assessments-for-several-pesticides


    Federal Register Notice for EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0720; FRL-9973-07

             https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-27/pdf/2018-03986.pdf



N. B.:  Please note that Glyphosate Case 0178, Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361, is located on the aforementioned new Federal Register Notice docket number as the fourth listed pesticide on page 8478 under the following title: 



"TABLE - DRAFT ASSESSMENTS BEING MADE AVAILABLE FOR 
PUBLIC COMMENT - Continued" 





Selected Glyphosate Documentation:


Registration Review - Preliminary Ecological Risk for Glyphosate and its Salts
Glyphosate (CAS 1071-83-6)
N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine
(September 8, 2015)
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361-0077&contentType=pdf


Revised Glyphosate Issue Paper:  Evaluation of Carcinogenic Potential
(December 12, 2017)
https://www.regulations.gov/contentStreamer?documentId=EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361-0073&contentType=pdf

                 "Comments must be received on or before April 30, 2018"

                            (Retrieved from Federal Register Notice under "DATES")

                                                                   
                                                                     

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EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessments for Glyphosate
(Pesticides, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; December 18, 2017)

"The draft risk assessments and supporting documents will be available in glyphosate’s registration review docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361 on www.regulations.gov in early 2018. EPA will open a 60-day public comment period for the draft risk assessments, evaluate the comments received, and consider any potential risk management options for this herbicide." 

Selected Research Articles:

New!  Glyphosate exposure in pregnancy and shortened gestational length:  a prospective Indiana birth cohort study
(PARVEZ et al., 2018)

Association between Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Glyphosate
(AVILA-VAZQUEZ et al., 2017)
http://file.scirp.org/pdf/IJCM_2017022015474710.pdf

Assessment of the level of damage to the genetic material of children exposed to pesticides in the province of Córdoba
(BERNARDI et al., 2015)
http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/aap/v113n2/en_v113n2a09.pdf

Glyphosate-base herbicides are toxic and endocrine disruptors in human cell lines
(GASNIER et al., 2009)
http://media.newsvoice.se/2016/08/ML14345A568-glyphosate-study-2009.pdf

Video Documentary:


Close Up:  The Sick Children of Argentina 
(Deutsche Welle Documentary; December 22, 2017)



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Albert EINSTEIN



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