Study Finds “Hot Spots” For Glyphosate And Cancer In Iowa, Midwest States [1]
"A new analysis links high use of the weed killer glyphosate to elevated rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), particularly in the Midwest, reinforcing years of research linking cancer to the weed killer made popular by Monsanto.
The analysis by Food & Water Watch (FWW), a nonprofit public health advocacy group, looked at counties that spray the highest amounts of glyphosate herbicides in the country, focusing on those in the top 20% of glyphosate use on commodity crops.
The group then overlapped that data with NHL incidence rates. Among the findings, the group said 60% of counties that had high glyphosate use had NHL rates above the national average.
The greatest overlap between glyphosate application and NHL was in the Midwest, a key US farming region."