No 'critical' concern preventing EU glyphosate use: agency欧盟草甘膦使用不存在“严重”担忧：机构Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain图片来源：Pixabay/CC0 公共领域The European Food Safety Authority said on Thursday it had not found "any critical areas of concern" preventing the controversial and widely used herbicide glyphosate being reauthorized for use in the EU.欧洲食品安全局周四表示，尚未发现“任何值得关注的关键领域”阻止有争议且广泛使用的除草剂草甘膦重新授权在欧盟使用。Environmental groups lashed out at the announcement, saying there was scientific evidence that glyphosate may cause cancer, poison aquatic life and can be fatal to key pollinators like bees.环保组织对这一公告进行了猛烈抨击，称有科学证据表明草甘膦可能致癌、毒害水生生物，并对蜜蜂等主要授粉媒介可能致命。The European Union agency's long-awaited assessment noted that there were gaps in the data in some areas, and that it had "identified a high long-term risk to mammals in 12 out of 23 proposed uses of glyphosate".欧盟机构期待已久的评估指出，某些领域的数据存在差距，并且“在 23 种草甘膦拟议用途中，有 12 种发现对哺乳动物存在较高的长期风险”。But the EFSA said that it only considered a concern "critical" when it affected all proposed uses of the substance, which would prevent it from being renewed.但欧洲食品安全局表示，只有当问题影响到该物质的所有拟议用途，从而阻止其更新时，它才会认为该问题“严重”。The study, which was submitted to the European Commission and member states, will serve as a basis for the EU's upcoming decision on whether to renew the use of glyphosate in the bloc for another five years.该研究已提交给欧盟委员会和成员国，将作为欧盟即将决定是否将草甘膦在欧盟的使用再延长五年的决定的基础。The current authorization runs out on December 15.目前的授权将于 12 月 15 日到期。The full report, which is expected to be released by the end of the month, is based on some 24,000 studies, as well as responses from 90 experts from member states, the EFSA said.EFSA 表示，完整报告预计将于本月底发布，该报告基于约 24,000 项研究以及来自成员国 90 名专家的回应。The agency said that because of a lack of data it had not finalized its risk assessment of glyphosate's impact on aquatic plants.该机构表示，由于缺乏数据，尚未最终确定草甘膦对水生植物影响的风险评估。It also did not give advice on the risks of food consumption, "due to incomplete data about the amount of glyphosate residues in rotational crops such as carrots, lettuce and wheat".它还没有就食品消费的风险提供建议，“因为有关胡萝卜、生菜和小麦等轮作作物中草甘膦残留量的数据不完整”。'Toxic for people and the environment'“对人类和环境有毒”But it added that this was not expected to lead to toxicological safety levels being exceeded, "so no critical concern was identified".但它补充说，预计这不会导致超过毒理学安全水平，“因此没有发现严重问题”。Environmental campaign group Greenpeace reacted with dismay to the news.环保运动组织绿色和平组织对此消息感到沮丧。"For years the evidence of glyphosate's toxicity for people and the environment has been stacking up but the European food safety authority has once again decided to sweep it under the carpet," Greenpeace EU pesticides campaigner Eva Corral.“多年来，草甘膦对人类和环境具有毒性的证据层出不穷，但欧洲食品安全当局再次决定将其掩盖起来，”绿色和平组织欧盟农药活动家伊娃·科拉尔 (Eva Corral) 说。"The Commission and EU governments have a duty to protect people and nature—they must reject its reapproval and put European farming on a sustainable course."“委员会和欧盟各国政府有责任保护人民和自然——他们必须拒绝重新批准，并使欧洲农业走上可持续发展的道路。”Glyphosate is the main ingredient in the widely used Roundup weedkiller from US agrochemical firm Monsanto, which was bought by German chemicals giant Bayer in 2018.草甘膦是美国农化公司孟山都公司广泛使用的农达除草剂的主要成分，该公司于 2018 年被德国化学品巨头拜耳收购。Bayer has since faced a wave of lawsuits in the United States over claims that glyphosate causes cancer, which the firm denies.此后，拜耳在美国因草甘膦致癌的说法面临一波诉讼，但该公司否认了这一说法。The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer said in 2015 that glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic".世界卫生组织国际癌症研究机构 2015 年表示，草甘膦“可能致癌”。France's medical research institute INSERM said in 2021 that glyphosate has a "moderate presumed link" with the cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma.法国医学研究机构 INSERM 于 2021 年表示，草甘膦与癌症非霍奇金淋巴瘤存在“中度推测关联”。Despite that, the European Chemicals Agency said last year the available evidence did not justify classifying the substance as a carcinogen.尽管如此，欧洲化学品管理局去年表示，现有证据不足以证明该物质被归类为致癌物。The EFSA had originally planned to release its study in the second half of 2022, but said it delayed publication due to an "unprecedented" number of comments on the issue.欧洲食品安全局原本计划在 2022 年下半年发布其研究报告，但表示由于对该问题的评论数量“空前”，因此推迟了发布。
