Renewed Calls to Ban Glyphosate After Toxic Herbicide Found in 80% of US Urine Samples

'Ban glyphosate,' says TheBEATNews in response to a study showing the presence of the cancer-linked chemical in 80% of U.S. urine samples. 'This chemical should not be in our bodies.'

"This chemical should not be in our bodies," asserted one green group in response to a new CDC study.Environmental and public health advocates renewed calls to ban glyphosate after a recently published U.S.

report revealed the cancer-linked herbicide—which is the active ingredient in Bayer's popular Roundup weedkiller—was found in the urine of more than 80% of study participants.Of the 2,310 urine samples taken from children and adults for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'sthe Massachusetts-based Berkshire Environmental Action Team in response to the study."This chemical should not be in our bodies.

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