https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/24/glyphosate-gate-iarcs-scientific-fraud-12014

The author has an impressive pedigree.

Here is what i consider to be the  key quote:


> Things started to unravel for IARC over a popular herbicide called
> glyphosate, which it considers a "probable human carcinogen." Every major
> science and regulatory body disagrees, including the U.S. EPA
> <http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/17/494301343/epa-weighs-in-on-glyphosate-says-it-doesnt-cause-cancer>
> and the European Food Safety Authority
> <https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/151112> (EFSA). Even the World
> Health Organization
> <https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/who-clarifies-glyphosate-risks/1010208.article>,
> which is the parent of IARC, believes that glyphosate doesn't cause cancer.
> What is going on?
>
> We now have an answer. Thanks largely to the investigative work
> <http://www.science20.com/david_zaruk/is_chris_portier_the_andrew_wakefield_of_pesticides-227402>
> of David Zaruk on Science 2.0, *The Times*
> <https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/weedkiller-scientist-was-paid-120-000-by-cancer-lawyers-v0qggbrk6>
> reports that Christopher Portier, a key IARC advisor who lobbied to have
> glyphosate listed as a carcinogen, accepted $160,000 from trial lawyers
> representing cancer patients who stood to profit handsomely by suing
> glyphosate manufacturers. Mr. Portier's failure to disclose such an obvious
> conflict of interest has exploded into a textbook case of scientific fraud.
>

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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