Well, I'm sure not all of it is in the drinking water downstream from the fields where it's over-applied beyond concentrations even Monsanto recommends. So it h

Well, I'm sure not all of it is in the drinking water downstream from the fields where it's over-applied beyond concentrations even Monsanto recommends. So it has to go somewhere. Still, a largely plant-based diet will help your health more than hurt it. https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health/natural-health/pesticides/index.htm https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health/natural-health/pe... It and one of its degradates are found in the majority of drinking water or wastewater samples in some areas (different reports from different studies report 18% and 36% of samples undegraded, 68% and 69% of AMPA). It's typically far below what the EPA considers a safe level. That "safe level", of course, is set based on understanding the body of safety studies about it. https://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/glyphosate02.html https://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/glyphosate02.html I grew up along a major river in the Midwest. I've been reading studies and study summaries about glyphosate for years. I'm less concerned, honestly, at the levels I see reported about it being a carcinogen than as a possible developmental neurotoxin and problem for reproduction. https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/pollution-environment/neurobehavioral-effects-developmental-toxicity https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/pollutio... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24636977 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24636977 http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/roundup-weedkiller-brain-damaging-neurotoxin http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/roundup-weedkiller-brain-da... It's also found to be potentially far more toxic as mixed in Roundup than in isolation. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weed-whacking-herbicide-p/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weed-whacking-her... http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/glyphogen.html http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/glyphogen.html Herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, including the herbicide glyphosate, have been shown to potentially lead to gut microbe imbalances and other subtle biological changes like immune, endocrine, and neurological symptoms. Depression, autism, ADHD, diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, birth defects, miscarriage, and lupus are among the disorders other than cancers found to be strongly correlated with working in or living near agriculture. http://chem-tox.com/agriculture/index.htm http://chem-tox.com/agriculture/index.htm Again, a largely plant-based diet will help your health more than hurt it. Be sure to wash your food and maybe have some of it organic. I'd like more and better studies on these chemicals, but neonicotinoids seem to be a much bigger long-term threat than glyphosate.