Is there a link between autism and glyphosate-formulated herbicides?
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Is there a link between autism and glyphosate-formulated herbicides?
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide on the planet, and its increasing use over time in the United States aligns well with the increasing rates of autism determined by the Centers for Disease Control. Based on the known mechanism of glyphosate toxicity, we hypothesize that a pregnant woman’s exposure at midpregnancy to glyphosate-formulated herbicides (GFH) may produce, in her unborn ch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Autism
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2054-992X
DOI: 10.7243/2054-992x-3-1