Since glyphosate was introduced in 1974, all regulatory assessments have established that glyphosate has low hazard potential to mammals, however, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded in March 2015 that it is probably carcinogenic. 

The IARC conclusion was not confirmed by the EU assessment or the recent joint WHO/FAO evaluation, both using additional evidence. The EU assessment did not identify a carcinogenicity hazard, revised the toxicological profile proposing new toxicological profile proposing new toxicological reference values, and conducted a risk assessment for some representatives uses. 

Two complementary exposure assessments, human-biomonitoring and food-residues monitoring, suggests that actual exposure levels are below these reference values and do not represent a public concern.

Human health safety is a critical issue for understanding the consequences of scientific divergences regarding the carcinogenicity classification of glyphosate. Regulatory assessments cover all relevant effects, not only carcinogenicity. 

Risk assessments based on human biomonitoring and monitoring of levels of glyphosate residues in food have not identified concerns for consumers, and a full consumers’ risk assessment of all EU uses is on-going.

Tarazona, Jose V., et al. "Glyphosate toxicity and carcinogenicity: a review of the scientific basis of the European Union assessment and its differences with IARC." Archives of Toxicology (2017): 1-21.

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