Nothing in life is without risk.
That according to Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a professor of chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, who notes the same can be said about farmers using glyphosate on their crops.
He says consumers need to consider whether or not the concerns are reasonable.
"The real question to ask about glyphosate is whether or not the benefits outweigh the risks," explained Schwarcz. "Glyphosate is probably the best studied weed killer in history. There are literally hundreds of studies. Now of course there are some studies that raise concern and that's not unexpected because if you do enough studies about anything, some of them just by chance alone will show some spurious results."
He says that consumers shouldn't look at single studies, but should focus on the entire picture.
Schwarcz adds that when you look at all the data put together, the benefits of glyphosate outweigh any kind of risk that is associated with using the pesticide.