Chronic exposure to glyphosate — the most widely used herbicide globally — may be a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), new research showed.
Researchers found that glyphosate exposure even at regulated levels was associated with increased neuroinflammation and accelerated AD-like pathology in mice — an effect that persisted 6 months after a recovery period when exposure was stopped.
“More research is needed to understand the consequences of glyphosate exposure to the brain in humans and to understand the appropriate dose of exposure to limit detrimental outcomes,” co-senior author Ramon Velazquez, PhD, with Arizona State University in Tempe, told Medscape Medical News.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/common-herbicide-player-neurodegeneration-2024a1000mk4