Temporal trends of exposure to the herbicide glyphosate in the United States (2013-2018): Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT: Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the United States, is applied to control broadleaf weeds and grasses. Public concern is mounting over how pesticides affect human and environmental health. Glyphosate toxicity in animals is known, but human carcinogenicity is controversial, and limited epidemiologic evidence suggests associations between exposure and respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma) and adverse child neurodevelopment. Understanding the extent of the general U.S. population exposure to glyphosate is important. To examine temporal trends in exposure to glyphosate, we determined urinary concentrations of glyphosate among U.S. children and adults from three cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted 2013-2018. Most of the population (70.0%-

SUBMITTER: Ospina M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11590049 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature