Recent research from SPRINT proves that many more people and animals are exposed to glyphosate than suggested by standard urine-based assessments.
You can now read an accessible, quick-to-read summary of this study in a new factsheet.
The factsheet is based on the peer-reviewed paper Large scale biomonitoring of glyphosate and AMPA by analysis of human and animal feces and comparison with urine by Diat et al. which was recently published in the journal Environment International.
The study conducted the first large-scale assessment of glyphosate/AMPA internal exposure using faeces as an alternative to urine.
Given that glyphosate exposure is much wider exposure than previously assumed, regulators may need to reconsider how they calculate overall exposure to this widely used pesticide.
