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EFSA has responded to criticism of its assessment of the toxicological profile of glyphosate, which concluded that glyphosate is "unlikely to be carcinogenic." A scientist who contributed to a report on glyphosate by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which concludes that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans," sent a letter to the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety objecting to the process and the conclusions of EFSA's assessment. Nonetheless, EFSA's Executive Director's reply to the scientist concludes, "EFSA considers that the arguments brought forward in the open letter do not have an impact on the EFSA conclusion on glyphosate."
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