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Exhibit 158

Exposure to glyphosate in the United States: data from the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Exhibit 158 · National biomonitoring study

Exposure to glyphosate in the United States: data from the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

These first nationally representative data suggest that over four-fifths of the U.S. general population ≥ 6 years experienced recent exposure to glyphosate.

CDC scientists measured glyphosate in 2,310 stored urine samples from a representative one-third subsample of NHANES 2013–2014 participants aged six and older. The weighted detection frequency was 81.2 percent, with a limit of detection of 0.20 µg/L and a maximum of 8.13 µg/L. The authors concluded that these first nationally representative data suggest over four-fifths of the US population aged six and older had recent exposure to glyphosate.

Source
Maria Ospina, Antonia M. Calafat et al., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Environment International 170:107620
Date
November 2022
Quoted from
Abstract, Conclusions (Environ Int 170:107620; open-access copy PMC10240384)
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107620
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding MED-8.7
Peer-reviewed Glyphosate was detected in 1,885 of 2,310 urine samples (81.6 percent; 81.2 percent weighted to the population) in the national NHANES survey of 2013–2014.