Author: The Ramazzini Institute
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Global Glyphosate Study Reveals Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Cause Leukemia in Early Life
A multi-institutional international toxicological study has found that low doses of glyphosate-based herbicides cause leukemia in rats. Importantly, half of the leukemia deaths identified in the study groups occurred at an early age. The first carcinogenicity data from the Global Glyphosate Study (GGS) were presented on Wednesday at the international scientific conference, ‘Environment, Work and…
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Global Glyphosate Study Pilot Phase Shows Adverse Health Effects at ‘Safe’ Doses
The pilot study was a single-dose study on glyphosate based herbicides in rats, using the the U.S. EPA’s acceptable daily dietary exposure level of glyphosate.