EPA and HHS teaming up on expanded review of glyphosate weedkiller safety

EPA and HHS teaming up on expanded review of glyphosate weedkiller safety

US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health problems. But skeptics doubt the sincerity of the move.

HHS, EPA launch joint review of glyphosate, as Trump pushes domestic production

The Trump administration is including new research in its glyphosate pesticide review as it pushes to boost domestic production of the herbicide whose maker was recently shielded from cancer-related liability claims.

EPA and HHS to coordinate on glyphosate registration review

Under new MOU, agencies will exchange scientific information, identify data gaps and expand research into potential human health effects.

EPA and HHS Announce New Scientific Partnership to Strengthen Glyphosate Review

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen scientific coordination and expand the evidence available to EPA’s ongoing registration review of glyphosate under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Under the MOU, […]