⁣1985: Monsanto tried to persuade the U.S. EPA that Glyphosate was not a possible human carcinogen.

Dr. George Levinskas, who joined Monsanto in 1971 and became Director of Environmental Assessment and Toxicology, was a lead player in the cover up of the carcinogenic potential of the now banned PCBs in the 1970s.

In April 1985 he wrote an internal company letter stating the following: “Senior management at the EPA is reviewing a proposal to classify glyphosate as a class C “possible human carcinogen” because of kidney adenomas in male mice. Dr. Marvin Kuschner will review kidney sections and present his evaluation of them to the EPA in an effort to persuade the agency that the observed tumors are not related to glyphosate

https://sustainablepulse.com/2017/09/06/a-short-history-of-glyphosate/
Posted on Sep 6 2017 - 12:25pm by Sustainable Pulse

⁣https://web.archive.org/web/20140701204513/https://www.glyphosate.eu/history-glyphosate
The substance glyphosate was initially discovered in 1950 by a Swiss chemist, Henri Martin

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bayers-roundup-caused-mans-cancer-jury-finds-monsanto-liability-trial-up-next-2019-03-19
Bayer’s Roundup caused man’s cancer, jury finds; Monsanto liability trial up next,