Glyphosate Risks ‘Last for Generations’
NOVANEWS
A new study found diseases caused by glyphosate in second and third generation offspring of lab animals exposed to the herbicide.
By Arthur Wyns
The Ecologist
Increased prostate, kidney and ovarian diseases, as well as heightened obesity and birth abnormalities were found in the offspring of lab rats exposed to glyphosate, a scientific study has found.
The new research is the first of its kind to look at the transgenerational effects of the world’s most commonly used herbicide, first sold as Roundup, showing its carcinogenic properties are passed down at least three generations.
“This study provides alarming new evidence supporting our public health call to take glyphosate off the European market,” said Génon Jensen from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL).
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