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Comment on “Glyphosate impairs male offspring reproductive development by disrupting gonadotropin expression” by Romano et al. 2012

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  1. Concentrations of glyphosate in surface water have been reported in the literature, with maximum concentration values of 12, 40, and 75–90 μg/L (Byer et al. 2008; Struger et al. 2008; Botta et al. 2009).

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This Letter to the Editor was not funded by outside sources. The authors have previously published a report on the potential developmental toxicity of glyphosate that was funded, in part, by Monsanto.

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DeSesso, J.M., Williams, A.L. Comment on “Glyphosate impairs male offspring reproductive development by disrupting gonadotropin expression” by Romano et al. 2012. Arch Toxicol 86, 1791–1793 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-012-0894-3

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