Do herbicides cause cancer in people exposed to low doses of herbicides over a period of time?
No. As used, herbicides do not cause cancer. Before a herbicide product can be registered and marketed, it must first be evaluated as to its potential risks, including any risk of causing cancer. Only products determined by EPA to have met the Agencys rigid testing requirements can be registered by the EPA. There is no specialty herbicide on the market known to cause cancer in humans. The American Medical Associations Council on Scientific Affairs states that there is only conjectural evidence at best that herbicides may be carcinogenic. Dr. Bruce Ames, University of California at Berkeley, states, There is no convincing evidence from either epidemiology or toxicology that herbicides are of interest as causes of human cancer.
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