Recent research relationship cancer and glyphosate incorrect.

The conclusions drawn from the recently published Italian research into the relationship between glyphosate and the development of cancer in rats are incorrect. Ctgb, the body responsible for the authorisation of plant protection products in the Netherlands, has assessed the article published as a result of the study and concludes that based on the results made public so far, the conclusion that glyphosate is the cause of cancerous tumours in rats is not justified. For instance, it is not clear whether the tumours seen were caused by glyphosate exposure or spontaneously developed. Indeed, the latter is a real possibility in laboratory-propagated rats.Also, different types of tumours seem to have been wrongly added together, Another point of criticism is that in a number of cases, tumours arose at low but not at (much) higher concentrations of glyphosate. If glyphosate would lead to tumours, the expectation is that at higher doses, tumours would also occur more or faster, the so-called dose-response relationship.