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In the 2021 dRAR for glyphosate, the RMS requested that the grass residue decline data, used to refine the level of residues anticipated on dietary items for the chronic wild mammal risk assessment, may need to be re-assessed using current kinetics analysis approaches. The GRG performed a kinetics re-analysis of the data from 22 sets of grass residue trials on which the mean DT50 value of 2.8 days is based as presented in the EFSA (2015) conclusion on glyphosate.

There is considerable information originating from both the scientific literature and media about the detection of glyphosate in the foods we eat, and consequently, in urine. Unfortunately, these reports often come with little context on how the data is obtained or what the reported values mean in terms of safety.  

On 27 September, in the frame of the EUROTOX 2021 online conference, the Glyphosate Renewal Group has organised an industry symposium. During the symposium, experts discussed the Assessment Group on Glyphosate’s recently released draft Renewal Assessment Report (dRAR) endpoints and proposed classification for glyphosate in Europe.

The GRG has prepared a position document detailing key areas of the Ecotoxicological risk assessment, that relate to the ‘Effects on Non-Target Species’ sections of the dRAR.

The RMS have re-evaluated glyphosate for its potential to be an endocrine disruptor concluding glyphosate is not an endocrine disruptor through the estrogenic, androgenic, thyroid, and steroidogenic pathways.

Over the past 30 years glyphosate has become the most important herbicide in global agriculture. For farmers, glyphosate herbicides provide simple, flexible and cost-effective weed control.