Monsanto Says It’s ‘Outraged’ by WHO Cancer Risk Report
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Monsanto Co. said it’s “outraged” by the World Health Organization’s assessment that its Roundup weedkiller probably causes cancer, the latest defense by the world’s biggest seed company of its best-selling product.
In an extended response to Friday’s WHO assessment of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robb Fraley said Monday that the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, reached its conclusions by “cherry picking” data.