Report: Counties that spray the most glyphosate have higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma rates

Report: Counties that spray the most glyphosate have higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma rates

A report from the environmental group Food & Water Watch found that the majority of counties that are in the top 20% for glyphosate application have non-Hodgkin lymphoma rates above the national average.

New Analysis Maps Glyphosate, Cancer Connection

High glyphosate use is linked to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer, particularly in Iowa and the Upper Midwest, finds a new Food & Water Watch analysis. Accompanying the analysis is a new interactive national map, detailing rates of glyphosate application on cropland and incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, down to the county level. This comes on the heels of President Trump’s Executive Order to boost domestic glyphosate production, an…

Analysis finds "hot spots" for glyphosate and cancer in Iowa and other Midwest states

A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Upper Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto.

High pesticide-use counties often have higher-than-average late-stage cancer rates

Seventy-one percent of counties that spray the most glyphosate have late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence rates above the national average, according to a new data analysis from the advocacy group Food and Water Watch.  Last month, Investigate Midwest, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship, published an investigation that found 60% of the top 500 counties for pesticide use had overall cancer rates above the nat…