EPA Refuted A Meta-Analysis Claiming Glyphosate Can Cause Cancer And Senior Author Lianne Sheppard Doubled Down
A controversial February 2019 meta-analysis, a reanalysis of the most recent epidemiological data on glyphosate and cancer, suggested there was “a compelling link” between exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), a cancer thousands of plaintiffs suing Bayer blame on their use of Roundup. The paper in the journal Mutation Research attracted harsh criticism from many experts (my critique here) who challenged the authors’ methodology and the conclusions drawn from the analysis.
