CBS News recently reported on a new government study that found glyphosate in more than 80% of urine tested from a representative sample of U.S. children and adults.
Out of context, many people would find this news alarming. Let’s take a closer look.
The amount of glyphosate found in the urine samples indicates very low exposure levels for the participants of the study. There is no evidence those levels of glyphosate are putting them at risk. Even the highest level of glyphosate recorded in the urine samples corresponds with exposure levels below 0.14% of the safety threshold determined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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To bring further clarity to the issue of glyphosate safety, the Center for Truth in Science recently funded an independent critical review of eight meta-analyses, which was conducted by SciPinion and published in the Journal of Toxicology and Risk Assessment. SciPinion also presented a scientific poster of these findings at the Society of Toxicology meeting in March 2022.
For the critical review, the panel of six senior scientists (with expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and toxicology) found low confidence that any of the studies showed a causal link between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
When we put this work in the context of the entire body of existing scientific research on the safety of glyphosate use, consumers can be confident there is no evidence of a relationship between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and that glyphosate is likely to be safe when used as directed.
