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WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents

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WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents | Reuters

The World Health Organization's cancer agency - which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens - advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they were asked to release under United States freedom of information laws.

In a letter and an email seen by Reuters, officials from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cautioned scientists who worked on a review in 2015 of the weedkiller glyphosate against releasing requested material.

The review, published in March 2015, concluded glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic", putting IARC at odds with regulators around the world. Critics say they want the documents to find out more about how IARC reached its conclusion.

"IARC is the sole owner of such materials," IARC told the experts. "IARC requests you and your institute not to release any (such) documents".
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The other half of the story is finding where the money changed hands.
 
How very unscientific of them.
 
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