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Scientist defends WHO group report linking glyphosate to cancer

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Reuters — A World Health Organization group’s controversial finding that the world’s most popular herbicide is “probably carcinogenic to humans” was based on a thorough scientific review and is a key marker in ongoing evaluations of the product, the scientist who led the study said Thursday. “There were several studies. There was sufficient evidence in
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Crops, News

Glyphosate classified as ‘probably carcinogenic’

Monsanto questions results of report, which also includes diazinon, malathion and parathion

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The decision by an international group of cancer experts to classify the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide as “probably carcinogenic” has drawn fire from the product’s main maker. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a France-based arm of the World Health Organization, last Friday released its working group’s evaluations on the cancer-causing potential
(Monsanto.com)
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Monsanto seeks retraction for report linking herbicide to cancer

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Reuters — Monsanto, maker of the world’s most widely used herbicide, Roundup, wants an international health organization to retract a report linking the product’s chief ingredient to cancer. The company said Tuesday that the report, issued on Friday by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was biased and contradicts regulatory
(Monsanto.com)
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Monsanto rips cancer agency’s Roundup takedown

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The decision by an international group of cancer experts to classify the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide as “probably carcinogenic” has drawn fire from the product’s main maker. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a France-based arm of the World Health Organization, on Friday released its working group’s evaluations on the cancer-causing potential
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Educating the country’s youngest consumers

Elementary schools across the country took part in Canadian 
Agriculture Literacy Week in the first week of March

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Bright eyes, eager hands and endless questions filled Sarah Burgess’s Grade 1 and 2 classroom last week as industry professional, Lyndsay Friesen stopped in. “I do enjoy sharing about agriculture, especially to an audience who is so interested and excited to understand where all these things come from,” said Friesen, who grew up on a
(Allen Putney photo, WHC.UNESCO.org)
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Environmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly levels

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Reuters — An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting dangers a widely used herbicide is alleged to pose to the declining monarch butterfly population. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in U.S. District Court in New York. The suit claimed
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Crops, Forages

Will it or won’t it? Producers discuss Roundup Ready alfalfa

Customer preferences should count when assessing new technology

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It’s become a perennial issue for forage seed growers. Will or won’t Roundup Ready alfalfa be released in Canada? The question loomed large at the Manitoba Forage Seed Association’s annual conference in Winnipeg last week, where the issue was raised no less than four times. “We basically feel that there isn’t a need for it,
(Monsanto.com)
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Pearce: Monsanto’s next-gen weed control trait on deck

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The question has been asked time and again for the past three or four years: when will we see Monsanto’s Xtend technology in Canada? The answer has been wrapped up in a long list of concerns and government procedure, but the first glint of opportunity for growers has cleared the next-to-last of a series hurdles.

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