"US officials said this week they are expanding a scientific review of the widely used weed killer glyphosate, a chemical popular in agriculture but also linked for years to cancer and other health problems.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is joining with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in an interagency memorandum of understanding to “strengthen scientific coordination” and “expand the evidence” for the EPA’s ongoing registration review of glyphosate. Last month, the EPA released its open literature search document for glyphosate studies and set a 30-day public comment period, which expires Thursday.
Federal law “requires us to reexamine registered pesticides on a recurring cycle against the best available science, and that is exactly what we are doing with glyphosate,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement. “This agreement … gives our scientists access to research capacity at HHS that addresses potential gaps in the record.”"
