Who do You Believe , Healyh Canada or Monsanto ?

[mooboy76]

Reading a few current (2012, 2014, 2015) articles, looking for an association between glyphosate use and cancer outcomes in humans, shows little to no significant positive correlation.

To be fair, one of those studies was an epidemiological review of other studies - that was funded by Monsanto.

Another review/metadata analysis study from 2014 shows a small correlation with glyphosate use and B-cell lymphoma, but I did see that one of the papers they included (2005 Agricultural health study) that showed positive correlation with myeloma and glyphosate exposure) was corrected by a the the 2015 version (flawed cohort exclusion), which no longer found any significant correlation.

Has anyone seen the list of studies that the International Agency for Research on Cancer used in their review and determinations? It would be interesting to see what each says.

[seabast]

I got to wonder what's better these days for my health, eating food from the grocery store or smoking a pack a day!??!

[mooboy76]

These studies must be a nightmare to tease out information from. So many different pesticides, fuels, irritants, extra sun exposure, dust/particle inhalation, diet, genetic predisposition, gender, age, and lifestyle choices to correct for.

[DaleK]

Health Canada said nothing of the sort.
The World Health Organization said glyphosate "may" cause cancer based on an increased rate of one form of cancer in people with an increased exposure to glyphosate over those with low exposure. However, they also pointed out that they can't rule out some other cause besides glyphosate, with the glyphosate exposure being coincidental. ie, perhaps people with increased exposure, have that exposure because they spend more time outside, or any number of different reasons.
More overblown media hype and p poor reporting.

[DaleK]

As perspective, some of the other things included in the same category as glyphosate include coffee and pickles. Coffee actually has much more evidence of causing cancer