Glyphosate (2022)

2022

Glyphosate, the most widely used pesticide in US agriculture since 2001, inhibits an enzyme which is essential to the survival of certain organisms. In a Zebra Fish study, Glyphosate was found to cause several alterations in the eye and to downregulate genes important to eye development. Glyphosate, other major pesticides, and the agricultural food products come in contact with have the ability to negatively influence the function and survival of the retina.

Souza Monteiro de Araujo D, Brito R, Pereira-Figueiredo D, Dos Santos-Rodrigues A, De Logu F, et al. (2022). Retinal Toxicity Induced by Chemical Agents. Int J Mol Sci. Jul 25;23(15):8182.