Saturday 21 October 2017

Weedkiller scientist was paid £120,000 by cancer lawyers [Paywall]

Weedkiller scientist was paid £120,000 by cancer lawyers [Paywall]

A scientist who advised a United Nations agency to classify the world’s most widely used weedkiller as carcinogenic received $160,000 (£121,500) from law firms bringing claims by cancer victims against the manufacturer. Christopher Portier advised the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organisation, which concluded in March 2015 that glyphosate was a “probable human carcinogen”.
Read more: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/weedkiller-scientist-was-paid-120-000-by-cancer-lawyers-v0qggbrk6?source=Snapzu

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