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Response to the reply by C. J. Portier and P. Clausing, concerning our review “Glyphosate toxicity and carcinogenicity: a review of the scientific basis of the European Union assessment and its differences with IARC”

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The authors are staff personnel of the European Food Safety Authority. The authors declare no competing financial interests. The content of this paper is of the exclusive responsibility of the authors; the opinion of the Authority is that presented in the EFSA Conclusion and institutional documents. The authors want to thank the contributions from Dr Roland Solecki, Head of Department Chemicals Safety at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and from several colleagues at the European Food Safety Authority and the European Chemicals Agency.

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    Jose V. Tarazona, Daniele Court-Marques, Manuela Tiramani, Hermine Reich, Frederique Istace & Federica Crivellente

  2. Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany

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Tarazona, J.V., Court-Marques, D., Tiramani, M. et al. Response to the reply by C. J. Portier and P. Clausing, concerning our review “Glyphosate toxicity and carcinogenicity: a review of the scientific basis of the European Union assessment and its differences with IARC”. Arch Toxicol 91, 3199–3203 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-017-2032-8

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