Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center at the Ramazzini Institute

Outrage at European science center as director ousted after study on glyphosate

A leading European chemical safety institute has fired the director of its cancer research center after the director led an extensive testing program into the safety of the pesticide glyphosate, sparking concerns about chemical industry influence into what has been an independent research institution.

Scientists issue “call to arms” to protect children’s health from chemicals causing disease

By Carey Gillam

Children are suffering and dying from diseases that emerging scientific research links to chemical exposures, findings that require urgent revamping of laws around the world, according to a new paper published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).