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Trends in science on glyphosate toxicity: a scientometric study

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As part of the most used herbicides, glyphosate is the most successful ingredient of agrochemical companies. The main objective of this study was to demonstrate research trends related to the glyphosate toxicity and its main effects on human and environmental health. For this purpose, 443 articles published, from 1995 to 2020, on the platform Web of Science™ Thomson Reuters were selected. The main toxicity results related in literature are genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, and endocrine disruption. The environmental effects come mostly from the contamination of groundwater and soils. Several studies have concluded that herbicide concentrations right below the official safety limits induced toxic effects. The results presented a highlighted harmful effect of glyphosate on both human and environmental health. It has been observed that countries where publish the most about the glyphosate toxicity are great investors in large-scale agriculture. It is important to ponder that these countries are in a route of ecosystem exploitation that includes not only fauna and flora, but also human beings. Unfortunately, science does not provide concise data for these pesticide disapproval in the global consumer market. It is necessary to search sustainable global interest alternatives to increase agriculture production based on peoples’ food sovereignty.

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Conceptualization, E.C.N.Z and I.J.W; methodology, F.M.C, I.J.W, and J.B.M; software, F.M.C and J.B.M; validation, J.B.M and I.J.W; formal analysis, F.M.C and J.B.M; investigation, E.C.N.Z., I.J.W, and J.B.M; resources, I.J.W; data curation, I.J.W; writing—original draft preparation, E.C.N.Z, J.B.M, F.M.C, and I.J.W; writing—review and editing, F.M.C, I.J.W, and J.B.M; supervision, I.J.W; project administration, F.M.C and I.J.W.

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Correspondence to Jonathan Ballico de Moraes.

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Rezende, E.C.N., Carneiro, F.M., de Moraes, J.B. et al. Trends in science on glyphosate toxicity: a scientometric study. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 56432–56448 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14556-4

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