Winchester, Paul, Reiter, Jill L., Proctor, Cathy, Gerona, Roy R., Avery, Kayleigh D., Bromm, Jennifer R., Elsahy, Deena A, Hadley, Emily A., McGraw, Sara N., & Jones, Dana D., "Glyphosate in 1st Trimester of Pregnancy: Herbicides in the Womb," 2019,…
Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Sass, Jennifer B., Engel, Stephanie, Bennett, Deborah H., Bradman, Asa, Eskenazi, Brenda, Lanphear, Bruce, & Whyatt, Robin, "Organophosphate exposures during pregnancy and child neurodevelopment: Recommendations for essential policy reforms," PLOS Medicine, 2018, 15(10). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002671. SUMMARY POINTS: • Widespread…
Benbrook, Charles M., "How did the US EPA and IARC reach diametrically opposed conclusions on the genotoxicity of glyphosate-based herbicides?," Environmental Sciences Europe, 2019, 31(1), DOI:10.1186/s12302-018-0184-7. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The US EPA considers glyphosate as “not likely to be carcinogenic to…
Benbrook, Charles, "Why Regulators Lost Track and Control of Pesticide Risks: Lessons From the Case of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides and Genetically Engineered-Crop Technology," Current Environmental Health Reports, 5:3, 387-395, 2018, DOI:10.1007/s40572-018-0207-y. ABSTRACT: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The approval of genetically engineered (GE) crops…
Panzacchi, S., Mandrioli, D., Manservisi, F., Bua, L., Falcioni, L., Spinaci, M., Galeati, G., Dinelli, G., Miglio, R., Mantovani, A., Lorenzetti, S., Hu, J., Chen, J., Perry, M. J., Landrigan, P. J., & Belpoggi, F. "The Ramazzini Institute 13-week study…
Landrigan, P. J., and Belpoggi, F.,"The need for independent research on the health effects of glyphosate-based herbicides," Environmental Health, 17(1), 51, 2018, doi:10.1186/s12940-018-0392-z. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Glyphosate, formulated as Roundup, is the world's most widely used herbicide. Glyphosate is used extensively…
Philip J. Landrigan, "Pesticides and Human Reproduction," JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018, 178:1, DOI:10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5092 SUMMARY: Invited commentary by Managing Weeds for Healthy Kids science team member Dr. Landrigan reports that herbicide use has increased sharply, with glyphosate use up 250-fold from 1974…
S. Parvez, R. R. Gerona, C. Proctor, M. Friesen, J. L. Ashby, J. L. Reiter, Z. Lui, and P. D. Winchester, "Glyphosate exposure in pregnancy and shortened gestational length: a prospective Indiana birth cohort study," Environmental Health, 17:23, March 9, 2018, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-018-0367-0. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Glyphosate (GLY) is…
Benbrook Consulting Services, Use of Dicamba on Crops as Surveyed by the National Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS), 2016. SUMMARY: Table detailing NASS reports of dicamba use (percent of total crop) and application rates. FULL TEXT
Phillip Landrigan and Charles Benbrook, "GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health," Commentary in New England Journal of Medicine, 2015, 373:8, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1505660. ABSTRACT: Not Available FULL TEXT