The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tasked a panel of independent experts--the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel--with meeting this week with the goal of determining once and for all whether or not glyphosate--the most commonly used herbicide in the world--is linked to cancer.
The meetings, which started on Tuesday, will continue through through December 16. At least one of those days, the panel will welcome commentary from stakeholders--agricultural experts, scientists and activists--will either support or negate the use of glyphosate on food crops. What the EPA panel is tasked with is determining how existing research data should be interpreted, and how that information should translate into a “carcinogenic risk” warning for glyphosate.