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Don't see any citations on either side of this discussion.

WHO says yes [0] while EPA says "not likely" [1]. Until the experts agree people can decide for themselves what risks they consider acceptable. Or at least they can if they can afford buying from farmers who don't yet use the chemical.

[0] https://www.iarc.fr/featured-news/media-centre-iarc-news-gly...

[1] https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/epa-releases-draft-risk-asses...



WHO doesn't say "yes" they say "probably". Same category as very hot water (65c).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC_group_2A


To be fair, being submerged in hot water for long enough might cause cancer, if you somehow survive.

From what I can tell, the WHO only categorises a single chemical as "Group 4: the agent (mixture) is probably not carcinogenic to humans".


Just a nit (thanks for sources!!) it’ll be stronger with a peer reviewed citation rather than a regulatory notice. There’s a lot of skepticism about the neutrality of regulators in this topic. Sadly with regulatory capture so rampant and regulators being political footballs they’re poor sources of information.




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