New research supports the possibility that combined exposure to heavy metals and glyphosate has a synergistic effect leading to high levels of heavy metals accumulating in the kidneys. This in turn causes chronic kidney disease of the type that
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Dr Jayasumana: New Research Supports Glyphosate Connection to Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr Sanders: Glyphosate Affects Nitrification in River Elbe Estuary
This latest study on levels of the World’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, shows that it has unexpected effects on the River Elbe Estuary in Germany. (more…)
GalleryWorld Health Organization: Glyphosate Is A Probable Human Carcinogen
The World Health Organisation’s cancer agency has declared the world’s most widely used weedkiller – glyphosate – a “probable human carcinogen” in a move that will alarm the agrochemical industry and amateur gardeners. (more…)
GalleryDr. Heinemann: Roundup Can Cause Bacteria to Become Resistant to Antibiotics
Research lead by a team from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand has found that commonly used herbicides, including the world’s most used herbicide Roundup, can cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics. (more…)
Dr Young: Roundup Herbicide Is Endocrine Disruptor in Human Cells at Drinking Water Levels
Roundup is an endocrine disruptor and is toxic to human cells in vitro (tested in culture dishes in the laboratory) at levels permitted in drinking water in Australia, a new study has found. (more…)
Dr. Jayasumana: Glyphosate Leads to 5-Fold Increase in Deadly Kidney Disease Risk
This new study from Sri Lanka showed that drinking water from abandoned wells, where the concentrations of glyphosate and metals are higher, as well as spraying glyphosate, increased the risk of the deadly chronic kidney disease (CKDu) by up
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GalleryDr. Lima: Glyphosate increases growth of pathogenic bacteria
This new study published in the Brazilian Journal of Microbiology indicates that the world’s most widely used herbicide – glyphosate – may be contributing to the enhanced growth of the pathogenic bacteria P. aeruginosa in our environment. (more…)
GalleryDr Santadino: Glyphosate Destroys Earthworm Eisenia fetida Populations
Using glyphosate herbicide can wipe out local earthworm populations, a new study shows. (more…)
GalleryDr. Swanson: GM Crops and Glyphosate Linked to U.S. Health Deterioration
A new correlation study has been published in the Journal of Organic Systems has linked the world’s number one herbicide, glyphosate, to a huge increase in the incidence of chronic diseases across the United States. (more…)
Glyphosate Frequently Detected in Soils and Water Across America
In this unique U.S. biosurvey published in 2014 Glyphosate and AMPA were detected frequently in soils and sediment, ditches and drains, precipitation, rivers, and streams; and less frequently in lakes, ponds, and wetlands; soil water; and groundwater. (more…)