glyphosate
Background Information
4
16.05.2016
- BfR Background Information No. 012/2016
WHO/FAO committee (JMPR) re-assesses glyphosate and confirms the BfR and EFSA conclusion that a carcinogenic risk is not to be expected (52.65 KB)
21.04.2016
- BfR Background Information No. 010/2016
Epidemiological studies on glyphosate: No new findings for the European risk assessment (43.21 KB)
28.09.2015
- BfR background information No. 034/2015
Assessment of the BfR concerning epidemiological studies on carcinogenic effects of glyphosate in the context of the EU active substance review (37.17 KB)
22.09.2015
- BfR Background Information No. 033/2015
The BfR has made a comprehensive check of the epidemiological studies on glyphosate (29.91 KB)
Opinion
3
03.04.2019
- BfR Opinion No. 008/2019
New meta-analysis of glyphosate-based plant protection products does not alter the assessment of the active substance (147.09 KB)
14.06.2013
- BfR opinion No. 014/2013
Glyphosate in Urine - Concentrations are far below the range indicating a potential health hazard (73.12 KB)
07.07.2011
- BfR Opinion Nr. 035/2011
New data on health aspects of Glyphosate? A current, preliminary assessment by BfR (51.00 KB)
Open Letters
2
05.02.2019
- Open Letter
Open Letter from BfR to Maria Noichl, Member of the EU-Parliament (2.37 MB)
29.01.2019
- Open Letter
Open Letter from Maria Noichl, Member of the European Parliament, to BfR (269.90 KB)
FAQ
4
Presentation
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16.05.2014
- Presentation Dr. Francisco Paumgartten, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Brazil
Epidemiological evidence on glyphosate and adverse pregnancy outcomes (2.35 MB)
16.05.2014
- Presentation Dr. Jochen Buschmann, Fraunhofer Institut Hannover Germany
Regulatory Guideline studies to investigate developmental effects of glyphosate (793.03 KB)
16.05.2014
- Presentation Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Chahoud, Carité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
Lesson on Glyphosate Assessment for Risk Management (37.99 KB)
Infographic
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21.09.2016
- Infographic
Zonal authorisation procedure for plant protection products in the EU (183.41 KB)
14.06.2016
- Infographic
EU Approval Process of Active Substances in Plant Protection Products (244.18 KB)
FAQs
7
Other documents
1
19.04.2017
- SZ-Conversation
Bad weeds grow tall (272.57 KB)
Press releases
18
Topic pages
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Communication
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06.07.2023
- Communication No. 031/2023
Glyphosate – EFSA information on re-evaluation as a plant protection active substance published (253.31 KB)
07.02.2022
- Communication No 007/2020 from the BfR
Copyright: Appeal Dismissed by the Federal Court of Justice (36.05 KB)
22.06.2021
- Communication No 019/2021 from the BfR
Glyphosate: Assessment report open for public comment in September (122.45 KB)
01.02.2021
- Communication No 002/2021 from the BfR
Glyphosate - what comes next and where can I have my say? (160.36 KB)
05.08.2020
- Communication No 036/2020 from the BfR
Is the state a scientist? Cologne Regional Court confirms BfR's copyright protection for scientific work - BfR obtains injunctive relief (130.87 KB)
11.02.2020
- BfR Communication No 010/2020
Animal welfare provisions and good laboratory practice: German federal states ("Länder") investigate possible breaches by an animal experiment laboratory (129.18 KB)
07.06.2019
- BfR Communication No 021/2019
No cancer risks concealed: All professional conclusions reached by the BfR have been publicly accessible for years (181.47 KB)
27.05.2019
- BfR Communication No 019/2019
Glyphosate in tampons? No indication of residues of any health significance (143.70 KB)
20.03.2019
- BfR communication No 006/2019
More openness and transparency in the assessment of the active substances con-tained in plant protection products - on the basis of valid law (149.56 KB)
14.01.2019
- BfR communication No 002/2019
Independence and quality assurance of the European glyphosate assessment (165.09 KB)
22.12.2017
- BfR Communication No. 036/2017
Glyphosate: New epidemiological study finds no connection between cases of cancer and use of plant protection products containing glyphosate (82.25 KB)
16.11.2017
- BfR Communication No. 033/2017
Supplementary remarks on the process of assessing the plant protection product active substance glyphosate, on the independence of the BfR and on legal data requirements in assessment procedures (40.55 KB)
15.09.2017
- BfR Communication No. 028/2017
Glyphosate: BfR has reviewed and assessed the original studies of the applicants in depth (40.80 KB)
25.08.2017
- Updated BfR Communication No. 024/2017
Assessment of glyphosate levels in beer (23.97 KB)
06.07.2017
- BfR Communication No. 012/2017
Glyphosate: EFSA and ECHA respond to Christopher Portier (38.97 KB)
30.05.2017
- BfR Communication No. 008/2017
No new findings on the risk assessment of glyphosate (82.46 KB)
15.03.2017
- BfR Communication No. 002/2017
ECHA classifies glyphosate as non-carcinogenic, non-mutagenic and non-reprotoxic (49.06 KB)
30.09.2016
- BfR Communication No. 031/2016
More transparency on glyphosate: BfR supports the release by EFSA of raw scientific data (32.77 KB)
19.05.2016
- BfR Communication No. 013/2016
Popular misconceptions, opinions and questions in connection with the BfR risk assessment of glyphosate (86.58 KB)
04.03.2016
- BfR Communication No. 006/2016
Sensitive populations, especially children, are the measure of all things in scientific risk assessment (47.74 KB)
12.11.2015
- BfR Communication No. 042/2015
Glyphosate: EFSA and Experts from EU Member States Confirm Scientific Assessment of German Authorities (28.61 KB)
08.09.2015
- BfR Communication No. 028/2015
BfR review of the IARC monograph of glyphosate brought into the European assessment process (34.08 KB)
30.07.2015
- BfR Communication No. 024/2015
BfR reviews monograph of the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) on glyphosate - divergence procedure within the WHO still in progress (37.52 KB)
29.07.2015
- BfR Communication No. 023/2015
BfR reported fully on all the available information regarding the assessment of the carcinogenicity of glyphosate (30.50 KB)
26.06.2015
- BfR Communication No. 019/2015
Evaluation of glyphosate contents in breast milk and urine (39.68 KB)
08.06.2015
- BfR Communication No. 016/2015
Does glyphosate cause cancer? - Expert group to address diverging assessments within the WHO (32.90 KB)
07.05.2015
- BfR Communication No. 012/2015
EU Commission discusses critical issues in the assessment of the active substances in plant protection products (33.28 KB)
02.04.2015
- BfR Communication No. 008/2015
BfR-contribution to the EU-approval process of glyphosate is finalised (38.49 KB)
23.03.2015
- BfR Communication No. 007/2015
Does glyphosate cause cancer? (38.78 KB)
14.01.2015
- BfR communication No. 002/2015