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Glyphosate and neurotoxicity — a call for scientific renewal

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Glyphosate, a controversial herbicide, has been approved for use in the European Union for another 10 years despite uncertainty over whether it increases the risk of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease. We call for new approaches to assessing the neurotoxicity of glyphosate and other pesticides and improving their regulation.

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We thank R. Westerink and H. Kromhout for their critical reflections on an earlier version of this manuscript.

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  1. Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Neurology, Centre of Expertise for Parkinson & Movement Disorders, Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Bastiaan R. Bloem

  2. Dutch Parkinson Alliance, Amersfoort, Netherlands

    Tjitske A. Boonstra

  3. Université Paris–Saclay, UVSQ, Inserm, Villejuif, France

    Alexis Elbaz

  4. Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Roel C. H. Vermeulen

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B.R.B., T.A.B. and R.C.H.V. declare no competing interests. A.E. has received research grants from Plan Ecophyto (the French Ministry of Agriculture) for research on the relationship between pesticides and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Bloem, B.R., Boonstra, T.A., Elbaz, A. et al. Glyphosate and neurotoxicity — a call for scientific renewal. Nat Rev Neurol 20, 131–132 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-023-00919-7

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