Glyphosate Exposure Linked to Long-Term Brain Inflammation [Video]

A new study led by Arizona State University has revealed an association between exposure of glyphosate, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, and long-term impacts on brain health in mice.

The study tested the impacts that two different doses of glyphosate exposure had on mice, with a high dose (500 mg per kg) and a lower dose (50 mg per kg), which was similar to the amount that was used to determine the acceptable dose of exposure to humans. The researchers observed how the exposure impacted the brains during a 13-week exposure as well as six months after exposure had ended compared to the control mice, which received no glyphosate exposure.

The team determined that glyphosate exposure led to neuroinflammation as well as behaviors and symptoms similar to anxiety and Alzheimer’s. For some of the animals, the exposure was associated with results as extreme as premature …