Thursday 27 October 2016

WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer Documents

WHO Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Weed-Killer Documents

The World Health Organization's cancer agency - which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens - advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they were asked to release under United States freedom of information laws. In a letter and an email seen by Reuters, officials from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cautioned scientists who worked on a review in 2015 of the weedkiller glyphosate against releasing requested material.
Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-cancer-agency-asked-experts-to-withhold-weed-killer-documents/?source=Snapzu

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