André Heitz, Jon Entine counter influential French study on glyphosate in urine

Summary

In Genetic Literacy Project, agronomist André Heitz and director Jon Entine detail how an academic paper claiming glyphosate found in French population’s urine morphed into a political tool by activists seeking a ban on pesticides, stating the article should never have been published in its current form; defends product safety.

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