AgroPages-ECHA sent opinion on classification of glyphosate to European Commission-Agricultural news

The ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment’s opinion regarding the harmonised classification of glyphosate has now been sent to the European Commission.

The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) holds their opinion issued in this March to agree to maintain the current harmonised classification of glyphosate as a substance causing serious eye damage and being toxic to aquatic life with long-lasting effects. RAC concluded that the available scientific evidence did not meet the criteria to classify glyphosate as a carcinogen, as a mutagen or as toxic for reproduction.

RAC provides an independent scientific opinion on the hazard classification of the substance. The classification is based solely on the hazardous properties of the substance. It does not take into account the likelihood of exposure to the substance and therefore does not address the risks of exposure. The risks posed by exposure are considered for example when deciding whether to renew the approval of glyphosate as a pesticide in accordance with the EU’s Plant Protection Product Regulation (Regulation (EC) N° 1107/2009).