Posts Tagged ‘carcinogenicity’

One of the hottest scientific and legal debates that has long been simmering about a potential endocrine disrupting chemical is all about glyphosate. This herbicide is sold under the Roundup brand name. Last month, the journal of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology issued a scathing retraction notice for a landmark glyphosate paper that has played a […]

Health disrupting chemicals are spreading to the farthest reaches of the planet. Even on the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, they’re showing up. Through carcinogenicity or obesogenicity, they can wreak havoc with our health. But as we follow the public discourse about the bad actors, one thing becomes quite clear. Carcinogenicity prompts alarm […]

The WHO has taken its skill for exquisitely confusing messages on public health to new heights. One of its agencies, the IARC,  declared yesterday that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic.” At the same time, a separate committee of WHO, the JECFA, reaffirmed that it’s no problem if a person consumes up to 40 mg per kg […]