“Researchers faced death threats and claims of research misconduct while working to determine the cause of a #kidney disease epidemic that has claimed tens of thousands of lives … Ultimately, their advocacy led to the culprit, an #herbicide called #glyphosate, being banned in several affected countries” #workers #boycott #ban #monsanto #bayer #roundup #CKD #KidneyDisease https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/climate-ecology/glyphosate-is-a-primary-cause-of-kidney-damage/
Glyphosate is a primary cause of kidney damage
Story at-a-glanceResearch published in Environmental Pollution identified glyphosate in the urine of 11.1% of the infants and young children they tested, and this rose to 30% among newbornsSignificant bioaccumulation of glyphosate has been documented in the kidney, an organ with known susceptibility to glyphosateGlyphosate-induced kidney toxicity has been associated with disturbances in the expression of genes associated with fibrosis, necrosis and mitochondrial membrane dys...