"EU Report On Weedkiller Safety Copied Text From Monsanto Study"

"EU’s food safety watchdog recommended that glyphosate was safe but pages of report were identical to application from pesticide maker".

"The European food safety authority (Efsa) based a recommendation that a chemical linked to cancer was safe for public use on an EU report that copied and pasted analyses from a Monsanto study, the Guardian can reveal.

Glyphosate is the core ingredient in Monsanto’s $4.75bn (£3.5bn) a year RoundUp weedkiller brand and a battle over its relicensing has split EU countries, with a final decision on its authorisation expected in early November.

That decision will largely be informed by an Efsa opinion, which is based on a 4,300-page renewal assessment report (RAR) published in 2015."

Arthur Neslen reports for the Guardian September 14, 2017.