Glyphosate environmental impact
Olivia Brown made this Official Information request to Environmental Protection Authority
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From: Olivia Brown
Dear EPA,
There has been lots of controversy regarding whether or not glyphosate is harmful to human health. But I am yet to see an assessment of the environmental effects.
I request under the OIA any correspondence the EPA has had on this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Olivia Brown
From: Ministerials
Environmental Protection Authority
Good afternoon Olivia,
We would like to seek clarification in regards to your request for information about glyphosate. By 'all correspondence the EPA has had on this matter', are you asking for all correspondence that the EPA has had in relation to an assessment of the environmental effects of glyphosate? Please let me know if this is the correct interpretation of your request. By 'correspondence', are you requesting internal or external correspondence, or both?
Thank you,
Frances Charlett-Green
Official Correspondence Advisor, Regulation
Ext 5533 ••DDI +64 4 474 5533 • Tel +64 4 916 2426
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From: Olivia Brown
Dear Ministerials,
Thank you for seeking clarification. You are correct, I am seeking all correspondence that the EPA has had in relation to the assessment of the environmental effects of glyphosate. This includes both external correspondence with companies and internal staff correspondence.
Yours sincerely,
Olivia Brown
From: Ministerials
Environmental Protection Authority
Good afternoon Olivia,
Please find attached the response to your request for information regarding the assessment of the environmental effects of glyphosate. If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you,
Frances Charlett-Green
Official Correspondence Advisor, Regulation
Ext 5533 ••DDI +64 4 474 5533 • Tel +64 4 916 2426
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From: Olivia Brown
Dear Dr Fiona Thomson-Carter
Thank you for your reply. I find your answer extremely confusing. Did the EPA not just release a toxicological assessment of 'glyphosate as a substance by itself' and not the sixty different approvals for products? But it has not done this for environmental effects and also has never corresponded either externally or internally as on the effects.
Can I please check that this is the *Environmental* Protection Authority I am speaking too?
Yours sincerely,
Olivia Brown
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