The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final interim decision Jan. 30 to reapprove glyphosate in products.
“The EPA thoroughly assessed risks to humans from exposure to glyphosate from all registered uses and all routes of exposure and did not identify any risks of concern,” the decision read.
“The agency also concluded that there are no residential, non-occupational bystander, aggregate or occupational risks of concern.
The EPA has not made a common mechanism of toxicity to humans finding as to glyphosate and any other substance and it does not appear to produce a toxic metabolite produced by other substances.
Therefore, it was not appropriate for EPA to assess cumulative risks.”
A proposed interim decision was issued May 6, 2019 and a public commenting period was opened and extended until Sept. 3, 2019.
More than 12,000 comments were submitted during the process.
