Was ABC reporting on glyphosate misleading and irresponsible?

摘要

THE February 16 ABC Online article by Josie Taylor and subsequent reporting on local councils' continued use of herbicides that contain the active ingredient glyphosate,has several serious factual inaccuracies and is misleading in regard to the context of the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) Report. It also omits pertinent information such as the fact that all glyphosate products have been extensively and independently assessed by regulators in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe and found to be safe.More recent findings have concluded that glyphosate is unlikely to pose even a carcinogenic hazard let alone an actual risk. Such inaccuracies could have been avoided if the original article was properly fact checked or at least a credible alternative view sought.