Brian Sandle wrote:
Linkname: Glyphosate Factsheet (part 1 of 2) Caroline Cox / Journal of
Pesticide Reform v.108, n.3 Fall98 rev.Oct00
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http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/R...tsheet-Cox.htm
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Glyphosate Factsheet

Quality of Laboratory Testing

Tests done on glyphosate to meet registration requirements have been
associated with fraudulent practices.

Laboratory fraud first made headlines in 1983 when EPA publicly
announced that a 1976 audit had discovered "serious deficiencies and
improprieties" in studies conducted by Industrial Biotest Laboratories
(IBT)." Problems included "countless deaths of rats and mice" and
"routine falsification of data."91

IBT was one of the largest laboratories performing tests in support of
pesticide registrations.91 About 30 tests on glyphosate and
glyphosate-containing products were performed by IBT, including 11 of
the 19 chronic toxicology studies.92 A compelling example of the poor
quality of IBT data comes from an EPA toxicologist who wrote, "It is
also somewhat difficult not to doubt the scientific integrity of a
study when the IBT stated that it took specimens from the uteri (of
male rabbits for histopathological examination."93 (Emphasis added.)

In 1991, EPA alleged that Craven Laboratories, a company that
performed studies for 262 pesticide companies including Monsanto, had
falsified tests.94 "Tricks" employed by Craven Labs included
"falsifying laboratory notebook entries" and "manually manipulating
scientific equipment to produce false reports."95 Roundup residue
studies on plums, potatoes, grapes, and sugarbeets were among the
tests in question.96

The following year, the owner of Craven Labs and three employees were
indicted on 20 felony counts.97 The owner was sentenced to five years
in prison and fined $50,000; Craven Labs was fined 15.5 million
dollars, and ordered to pay 3.7 million dollars in restitution.95

Although the tests of glyphosate identified as fraudulent have been
replaced, this fraud casts shadows on the entire pesticide
registration process.

Were the replacements done by a process bearing any similarity to the
ones involving Paul Wright, who worked for Monsanto, then went to work
for a lab that did fraudulent safety studies on Monsanto products,
then was rehired by Monsanto and approved his lab studies?

Has the list been published of all the people involved and their
previous and subsequent employment/consulting/contracting/
research funding/etc histories?
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