How many more are there? "when the European Union opens the black box of pesticide review, Taiwan intends to relax the residue standards.

Share

Evidence of Monsanto's cover-up of glyphosate's cancer risk has been pouring out in US courts, and at the urging of the US House of Representatives, the US Poison and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) Gypsy health risk assessment report, which has been under pressure from Monsanto for four years, has finally come to light. The European Parliament has revealed that the Garbonese review report sent by Germany to the European Union has largely copied Monsanto.

Jiaposai, the main ingredient of the world's most widely used herbicide, opens the black box of pesticide audit every spring.

The health risks of Jiaposai are becoming more and more convincing, and consumers and environmental groups in Europe and the United States are constantly demanding strict management. However, Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration announced online on April 23 that it plans to add 10 crops to increase the residual tolerance of caramel from non-detectable to 6 to 10ppm, etc. These include mostly genetically modified rapeseed, as well as grains such as Duran wheat and sorghum, which have also been hit by the Sino-US trade war.

With reference to international standards such as Europe, the United States and Japan, the Food and Drug Administration has worked out the residue tolerance. It is doubtful that in the remarks on "reasons for additional revision and reference basis", Europe, the United States, Japan and the International Cancer Institute (IARC) affiliated to the World Health Organization (WHO) are listed to assess the carcinogenic risk of 8 pesticides such as Apatine and kefenol. However, it was left out that the International Cancer Research Institute listed Jiaposai as a level 2A most likely to cause cancer to humans.

The association between garnet plug and multiple myeloma in various studies (source: ATSDR report)

European Court of Justice: may not refuse to disclose pesticide toxicity data on the grounds of trade secrets

Although the government has the power of examination, the research led by manufacturers has caused information asymmetry, which is not only difficult for citizens to obtain, but also sometimes unable to analyze the original data, thus creating loopholes in supervision. the result is an absurd situation in which manufacturers dominate the rules of the game.

Under persistent pressure from European civic groups and environmental political parties, the Gaposai working Group (Glyphosate Task Force), led by Monsanto and made up of 23 companies, opened some of its data in 2016. However, people who want to view materials must go through layers of checkpoints to enter the reading room, and they are not allowed to take notes or photocopies, and some of the materials have been deleted, such as information about "best practices in the laboratory".

After months of struggle, it was only after months of struggle that the European Food Safety Agency handed over more than 100,000 pages of research reports related to the Garnet application. However, under the cover of the black box of scientific hegemony, Jiaposai has successfully crossed the border again, obtaining a five-year renewal of approval certificate due to the defection of Germany at the end of 2017.

The European Parliament requires that all studies used for pesticide reviews must be made public immediately and automatically without an application, which will help transparent procedures and allow independent researchers to help determine whether there are scientific errors. The European Court of Justice also ruled: "do not refuse to disclose relevant toxicity data on pesticide hazards and risks on the grounds of trade secrets."

The audit of scientific research affects public policy, production mode and way of life, and the power is self-evident. Opening the black box of pesticide review and rebuilding the credibility of science and the confidence of the people are not only related to health and the environment, but also a step forward in democracy. However, the way the Food and Drug Administration recently announced the increase in the allowable amount of carbene shows that the Taiwan government is still at a standstill.

Note 1: the point estimation in sampling statistics is difficult to be just the parameter of the parent, so interval estimation is often used. The commonly heard 95% confidence level means that 95% of the interval estimates will include the parent average. It can also be said that when the sample shows a normal distribution, if there are 100 independent samples, 95 will fall in the interval estimated by the researchers.

(for related news, please click here.)

Is the pesticide audit agency just the mouthpiece of the pesticide factory? The European Parliament revealed that Germany's Gaposse censorship directly copied the Monsanto report.

After long-term spraying every spring, the amateur gardener also got lymphoma and mistakenly believed in Monsanto's advertisement: Jiaposai is safer than salt.

The cancer risk report of Jiaposai has been exposed! Monsanto has been under pressure for four years, and the black hole finally shows its dawn every spring.

Monsanto deliberately concealed the cancer risk of Garrette for 40 years. The court awarded NT $9 billion in the Johnson & Johnson case, and 4, 000 Americans waited to go to court.

Monsanto documents are exposed! Taiwan is also the object of courting │ to bribe experts to name it, whitewashing the cancer risk of Garnet.

Pesticide consumption in Taiwan has reached a 17-year high! The US court ordered Garrette to pay sky-high compensation and ban Taosong for the protection of babies. Will Taiwan follow suit?

Sales of herbicides in Taiwan hit a record high! The annual sales are 2.6 billion yuan, and the consumption per unit area is among the best in the world.

There is no excessive amount of ─ herbicide in Cuncao, which impacts the soil ecology and increases the risk of cancer.

Monsanto was found guilty of four counts in public trial! Ecological slaughter, endangering the environment, health and the right to food, threatening the independence of science

The end of Jiaposai, the legal support of │ in the key war of the European Union, the sway of Germany, and the ban of millions of European citizens.

Is the pesticide audit agency just the mouthpiece of the pesticide factory? The European Parliament revealed that Germany's Gaposse censorship directly copied the Monsanto report.