A Weed Killer Is Increasingly Showing Up in People's Bodies

reports that glyphosate is pervasive in European soil and people, “but environmentalists claim that glyphosate is so non-selective that it can even kill large trees and is destructive to wild and semi-natural habitats, and to biodiversity.” Many people are also concerned that the chemical could be toxic to humans because the IARC concluded in 2015 that it is “probably carcinogenic.” Researchers “used data from the long-running and influential Rancho Bernardo Study of Healthy Aging, established in 1972.” The article notes that glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide product Roundup, and there is an ongoing controversy concerning whether or not the chemical is a carcinogen. http://time.com/4993877/weed-killer-roundup-levels-humans/