Sunday, February 17, 2019

Weedkiller 'raises risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by 41%' | Business | The Guardian

A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weedkilling products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma.



Bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto. Findings come as regulators in several countries consider limiting the use of glyphosate-based products in farming.



 Bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto. Findings come as regulators in several countries consider limiting the use of glyphosate-based products in farming. Photograph: Jeff Roberson/AP


Weedkiller 'raises risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma by 41%' | Business | The Guardian

Open access science article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383574218300887

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