What we all need to know about Roundup weed killer
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English - December 21, 2020 16:34 - 28 minutes - 66.4 MBHealth & Fitness Kids & Family farming sustainableagriculture food goodfoodmovement health kids pesticides publichealth socialjustice sustainability Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Theresa's guest today is Dr. Charles Benbrook, who leads the management team carrying out the Heartland Study, a long-term clinical study that is assessing the impacts of herbicide exposures across the Midwest on birth outcomes and children’s development. Tune in to learn more about:
- The history of Roundup
- His work on the Roundup non-Hodgkin lymphoma litigation, including the Lee Johnson case
- The Dietary Risk Index - a tool for tracking pesticides in food
To follow Dr. Benbrook's work, visit his website: https://hygeia-analytics.com/. If you would like to support the Heartland Study, go to: https://heartlandstudy.salsalabs.org/donate/index.html.