Study: Americans’ Exposure to Weed Killer Glyphosate Increases 500 Percent

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Tractor spray fertilize with insecticide herbicide chemicals in agriculture field and evening sunlight

by the Environmental Working Group

A new study out this week suggests that Americans’ exposure to the herbicide glyphosate, a possible human carcinogen, has increased by roughly 500 percent since it was first used in U.S. agriculture more than 20 years ago.

Glyphosate, manufactured by Monsanto and marketed under the name Roundup, is the most widely used herbicide in the world. It is applied to genetically modified corn and soybean fields to kill weeds, and is also sprayed on conventionally grown wheat, oats, …read more

Source: Health Impact News

    

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