Glyphosate and AMPA levels in human urine samples and their correlation with food consumption: results of the cross-sectional KarMeN study in Germany

• Published in: Archives of toxicology Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 1575 - 1584
• Main Authors: Soukup, Sebastian T., Merz, Benedikt, Bub, Achim, Hoffmann, Ingrid, Watzl, Bernhard, Steinberg, Pablo, Kulling, Sabine E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid - urine; Analytical Toxicology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Biomonitoring; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Dietary Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Health; Environmental Monitoring; Evaluation; Excretion; Exposure; Food; Food consumption; Germany; Glycine; Glycine - analogs & derivatives; Glycine - urine; Glyphosate; Health risks; Herbicides; Herbicides - urine; Human wastes; Mathematical analysis; Metabolites; Mushrooms; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Risk assessment; Safety; Urine; Germany; Urine; Human; Biomonitoring; Correlation; Food consumption; Glyphosate

Glyphosate ( N -[phosphonomethyl]-glycine) is the most widely used herbicide worldwide. Due to health concerns about glyphosate exposure, its continued use is controversially discussed. Biomonitoring is an important tool in safety evaluation and this study aimed to determine exposure to glyphosate a...