The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that glyphosate, the principal ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer product, was probably carcinogenic to humans. Those Intertek papers may also have had an influence in the United States. The scientists of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) pose in Lyon, France, in 2015. (Court exhibit from Johnson vs. Monsanto trial)That lawsuit led to the release of internal documents now widely referred to as the Monsanto Papers. The Monsanto Papers show that the panels did not have the level of independence that the company claimed.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2019 07:52 UTC