Public health and evidence-informed policy-making: The case of a commonly used herbicide

"Despite substantial evidence that Roundup weed killer is safe and non-carcinogenic if used properly, a federal judge last week appointed attorney Kenneth Feinberg to oversee court-mandated settlement talks between Bayer AG (the company that owns Roundup’s producer, Monsanto) and plaintiffs who claim that the product caused their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma." (1). For almost half a century, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has...