Common weedkiller glyphosate may be linked to liver disease epidemic, study warns

Common weedkiller glyphosate may be linked to liver disease epidemic, study warns

Even small increases in glyphosate exposure may have significant health impacts over time, especially for people with other risk factors for liver disease, researchers say. (Photo credit: Getty Images) Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, may significantly raise the risk of an increasingly common chronic liver disease—even at low exposure levels, according to a new review of more than 40 scientific studies published over the past …

The director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism division of the University of Florida, Dr. Kenneth Cusi, warned about the high prevalence of fatty liver among patients with type II diabetes, noting that seven out of ten people with this metabolic condition develop accumulation of fat in the liver, and at least half of them have chronic inflammation that can progress to liver cirrhosis.