PAN Europe asked the European Commission not to consider the studies on glyphosate conducted by LPT, a laboratory accused of fraud
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himThe Hamburg Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) was recently accused of fraud in relation to various regulatory tests, for having manipulated data on the toxicity of the substances analyzed.
The workshop also conducted many glyphosate test, providing the results to enable the re-approval of the use of the pesticide in the European Union in 2017.
As reported by PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network) at least one out of 7 regulatory studies on glyphosate comes from LPT, the same laboratory discovered in distort and manipulate data to satisfy its customers, replacing deceased animals with live specimens and downgrading cases of tumors to simple inflammation.
According to surveys by PAN Germany, Global2000 and Corporate Europe Observatory, at least 14% of the regulatory studies submitted for the new approval of glyphosate in 2017 were conducted by LPT, but the number could be higher, as it is not easy to access the information present. in the files.
Based on testimonies from LPT employees and evidence found at the facility, the laboratory is facing criminal prosecution for fraud, and this raises further doubts about the 2017 approval of glyphosate and on the whole procedure for assessing the safety of pesticides in the EU.
According to PAN Europe all the tests provided by LPT are to be considered unreliable even though it is an accredited laboratory, it therefore asked the European Commission not to consider the studies on glyphosate conducted by the LPT to evaluate the new authorization for use in the European Union.
“The vast majority of studies leading to the approval of a pesticide are conducted by the pesticide industry itself, either directly or through contract laboratories such as LPT Hamburg.
We have criticized this conflict of interest for many years.
Our coalition of NGOs "Citizens for Science in the Pesticide Regulation" calls on the Commission to stop this scandalous process: the tests must be performed by independent laboratories under public control, while the funding of the studies should be supported by industry, "he said. Angeliki Lyssimachou, environmental toxicologist at PAN Europe.
Lyssimachou recalled that, including studies carried out in non-accredited laboratories, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified glyphosate as a probable carcinogen.
La European Commission instead it came to different conclusions why took into account only a few studies, discarding others.
“It is time for citizens' health to take precedence over corporate profits!” Concluded Lyssimachou.
“For years, European Member States, EFSA and the Commission have defended the belief that an accredited industry-funded study is more reliable than a non-industrial, non-accredited study. Thousands of independent pesticide studies showing harm to humans or nature have been rejected by regulators because they are not accredited according to the Klimisch scoring principle, ”added Hans Muilerman, Head of Chemical Policy at PAN Europe.
Reference source: PAN Europe / IARC
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