17 August 2020 — Sustainable Pulse
Editors’ picks
Argentinian City Discovers Strong Link Between Glyphosate Exposure and Asthma
A new study from Argentina, which used the methodological criteria of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), has identified a relationship between environmental and residential exposure to glyphosate and the high prevalence of asthma in the small city of Monte Maíz in Argentina. This study has a very unusual story, as […]
Glyphosate Levels in Children and Adults Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic
A peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Research found that levels of the pesticide glyphosate in participants’ bodies dropped an average of 70% after six days on an organic diet. The study is one of the first to examine how an organic diet affects exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer’s weedkiller Roundup, the most widely used weedkiller worldwide. It […]