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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.

Read the factsheet

 

 

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You can now watch the recording of our February webinar in which our researchers present the SPRINT Toolbox: our practical resource to support more realistic risk assessments of pesticides.

Watch the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lhtqUy1mhk&t=128s

The SPRINT Toolbox contains a collection of pesticide mapping tools, assessment tools, models and extensive European and Argentinian data from the SPRINT project.

Its tools include:

  • Pesticide concentration and ecological risk maps at the field, national and European level that indicate where pesticides may be putting ecosystems under pressure.
  • Estimates of potential dietary exposure to pesticides for humans and farm animals Health Impact Assessments of pesticides - how we assessed the potential health effects of a pesticide policy, programme or project before it is implemented
  • Models to estimate pesticide emissions, fate and exposure, including SPRINT’s SWIPPE (wind-erosion model for particle-phase pesticides) model to calculate downwind concentrations of particle-phase pesticides.
  • Pesticide monitoring data from 11 case study sites in Europe and Argentina, showing the pesticide residues we detected in the environment, humans and animals
  • Our toxicity and ecotoxicity results, including how we assessed mixtures of concern.

 

Webinar speakers:

  • Anke Huss, Utrecht University
  • Arash Derakhshan, Utrecht University
  • Artur Radomyski, Masaryk University
  • Daniel Figueiredo, Utrecht University
  • Farshad Soheilifard, Technical University of Denmark
  • Jakub Hofman, Masaryk University
  • Paula da Silva Tourinho, Masaryk University
  • Rozita Soltani Tehrani, Wageningen University
  • Shiva Sabzevari, Masaryk University
  • Simona Panzacchi, Ramazzini Institute
  • Vera da Felix Silva, Wageningen University

 

 

We are pleased to share our latest webinar recording, where we present final key messages from SPRINT, including our evidence-based recommendations for pesticide research.

Click the image below to watch the session:

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During this webinar, we reflect on our research results from Europe and Argentina over the past 5.5 years, including:

  • Pesticide monitoring in humans and the environment: what do our results mean for real-world risks?
  • New approaches and resources for assessing pesticides' eco/toxicological risks, including the SPRINT Toolbox
  • Recommendations for regulators and policymakers to support pesticide risk assessment and transitions to more sustainable plant protection

Speakers: Violette Geissen, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands Paula Harkes, Wageningen University & Research (on behalf of Virginia Aparicio, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Argentina) Jakub Hofman, Masaryk University, Czechia

We are pleased to announce that a new peer-reviewed article,
“Influence of glyphosate in feed on egg hatchability and health of chicks and breeder hens” (Sørensen et al., 2026) has just been published.

This study examines the effects of dietary glyphosate exposure through breeder hen feed on egg hatchability, chick health, and immune responses, providing insights into how glyphosate residues may influence poultry reproductive performance and physiology.

 Chicken Egg Life Cycle           

Key points:
• The authors tested breeder diets with increasing levels of glyphosate and measured outcomes like egg hatchability and chick quality.
• There were no significant effects on hatchability of fertile eggs or on early chick weight gain across the glyphosate levels tested.
• However, immune parameters such as B-cell and monocyte counts and phagocytic activity were higher in hens fed glyphosate, with some effects also observed in chicks.
• Overall, only some immune changes were linked to dietary glyphosate up to ~11.6 mg/kg feed.

 👉 Read the full article here