It is a new element, decisive, in the controversy on the dangers of glyphosate, the most used pesticides in the world. A team of Italian, American and British researchers published, Tuesday, June 10, in the scientific journal Environmental Healththe results of the most ambitious animal study to date on the carcinogenic effects of the famous herbicide. More than a thousand laboratory rats have been recruited for two years, and subject to different doses of glyphosate – all considered without effects by European regulations. In all groups of animals having received these small daily doses of herbicide, write researchers, “We have observed a statistically significant increase, dependent on the dose received, the tendency to develop benign or malignant tumors on several tissues”.
The study was controlled by the Ramazzini Institute-one of the few scientific institutions capable of conducting animal experiences of such magnitude-, in collaboration with researchers from Boston College, the George-Mason University, King's College in London or the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York. The treated animals have received the active substance in the form of pure glyphosate or commercial formulas based on glyphosate-one, Roundup Bioflow, is marketed in Europe, the other, Ranger Pro, in the United States.
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Source: Lemonde