Saturday, 24 March 2018

Study reveals exposure of pregnant women to herbicide ingredient

Study reveals exposure of pregnant women to herbicide ingredient

The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of pregnant women in Central Indiana had detectable levels of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the most heavily used herbicide worldwide. Researchers from Indiana University and University of California San Francisco reported that the glyphosate levels correlated significantly with shortened pregnancy lengths.
Read more: https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/03/iupui/releases/22-study-pregnant-women-exposure-herbicide.html?source=Snapzu

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