Program thats after the International Agency for research on cancer said americas most widely used weve kenna made by monsanto is probably carcinogenic. Unsubstantiated claims i or your responsible handling of why should receive any government funding in the future theyre disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up and back in twenty fifteen the International Agency for research on cancer concluded that roundups active ingredient life estate could be carcinogenic to humans now roundup is made by months santo and its the worlds most widely used weed killer since the seventys its been sprayed on corn soybeans cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency an anti industry bias they say that is quite a sadist designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to warn workers and consumers and plus itll increase costs and insti
That Dave Lindorff investigative journalist thank you thank you very much thanks for having me. Well meanwhile some athletes whose participation in the games isnt in question are also now embroiled in controversy but after a documentary published a list of drugs that norways team doctor has brought. Well remarkable amount of asimo medication was noted six thousand doses containing banned substances now thats ten times more assman drugs the neighboring finland has brought to south korea well the quantity of asthma medicine has raised a number of concerns most of these drugs contain substances banned by water the doping watchdog argues they can enhance an athletes performance by expanding lung capacity the norwegian Antidoping Agency has also admitted the country has a problem with the overuse of asthma medication. It is common practice in norway to occasionally use assman medicine in major elements in the respiratory system even with a diagnosis vastly is not specific well the latest re
Blood it means i dont think this is clean competitions we will see there are skiers doping we dont bring also in these competitions well altie has asked the International Olympic committee whether it will investigate these doping allegations and were still waiting for a reply however sports lawyer david larkin says its worrying the i. O. C. Hasnt publicly commented on this issue. Whats interesting is you heard the outcry in the media about these allegations you havent seen any action. As it currently stands i dont see there being an investigation which you know is in the light of everything weve discovered with regards to russian doping allegations is troubling everybody where there is a problem should be investigated we need to understand that the doping is in fact a global problem is raised by this documentary we need to understand that doping is happening and occurs across the world and that this is not an incident slated to russia that this is a global problem its a continuing prob
Anticorruption attorney we will leave this conversation at this point to go live to the White House Briefing room where treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is standing on the left in the picture. You will be briefing reporters about sanctions on north korea. Live live coverage here on csp. Hello, everybody. Today the Treasury Department is announcing the largest set of sanctions ever imposed in connection with north korea. This action targets the deceptive shipping practices that enable the kim regime to find its dangerous weapons programs. Our actions target shipping and trade companies, vessels and individuals across the world who we know are working with north koreas behalf, specifically are sanctioning 27 entities, 28 vessels and one individual, all involved in sanctions, evasion schemes. Todays actions will significantly hinder north koreas ability to conduct evasive maritime activities that facilitate illicit coal and fuel transports, limit the regime stability to ship goods throug
Runs the Sports Program spoke in washington about ideas for dealing with corruption. The commission of security and cooperation in europe, an hour and 10 minutes. Hello welcome to this briefing of the us helsinki commission. The commission is a unique entity of Congress Mandated to monitor compliance with International Rules and standards across europe ranging from military affairs to economic and environmental issues, to human rights. My name is paul up to 12. Im the International Economic policy advisor responsible for anticorruption and sanctions related issues which i am joined by jim walden, the attorney for russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov. For this book into the dark underworld of fraud in sports and what we can do with it. As an administrative aside i would like to mention the camera crew recording the briefing and its entirety. Our topic today is the russian doping scandal. A story of corruption and fraud on an unprecedented scale. It has been demonstrated beyon