Is DNA Damaged When Applicators are Exposed to Glyphosate-Based Herbicides? An HHRA Scientist Wanders Deep in the Weeds Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) have been used since 1974. The first evidence that…
No one should be surprised that the Centers for Disease Control has found glyphosate in 80% of the urine samples tested as part of CDC’s routine NHANES biomonitoring program. Details…
By: Robin Mesnage, PhD Our gut is home to trillions of bacteria which are critical to good health. Because the once-in-a-century herbicide glyphosate can kill bacteria in a petri dish,…
This new study — the first to compare the toxicity of glyphosate to the widely used European Union (EU) Roundup formulation MON 52276 at doses that regulators claim to be safe…
Authors: Chuck Benbrook, Robin Mesnage, William Sawyer Too much oxidative stress is bad biology that unites all humankind. It always has and always will. Normal, essential cell functions trigger the…
Benbrook C, Mesnage R, Sawyer W. "Genotoxicity Assays Published since 2016 Shed New Light on the Oncogenic Potential of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides." Agrochemicals. 2023; 2(1):47-68. https://doi.org/10.3390/agrochemicals2010005 ABSTRACT: Controversy over the oncogenicity…
As 2022 comes to a close, HHRA is happy to report progress on all fronts. We share some highlights from 2022 and describe what we hope to accomplish in 2023-2025.…
On November 8th, HHRA-sponsored a 90-minute special session on “Herbicides and Birth Outcomes” at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Boston. Our session was among…
Why HHRA is Quantifying Herbicide Levels in Pregnant Women The Heartland Study is exploring whether exposure to herbicides among pregnant women in the Midwest is associated with more frequent or…
A Closer Look at Challenges and Risks By 2000 most soybean and cotton farmers had adopted the Roundup Ready (RR) weed management system. Soon thereafter, so did corn, alfalfa, and…