Source: CONSUMER REPORTS, 10/24/17

A new study suggests that human exposure to the herbicide glyphosate has increased by 500 percent in the past two decades. The findings, published today in the medical journal JAMA, represent one of the only efforts to figure out how much of this chemical is making its way from food, air, and water into our bodies. "This study demonstrates something many scientists have been worried about," says Michael Hansen, Ph.D., senior scientist at Consumer's Union, the policy and mobilization division of Consumer Reports. "As use of the chemical grows, more of it is getting into our bodies." 

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