by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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For years, the use of glyphosate<\/strong> has raised protests<\/a> as it fueled concern over its impact on human health. Its extremely negative effects for soil ecosystem, however, are less recognized. In order to highlight them, recent studies have been conducted in the Yucat\u00e1n<\/strong> Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, and their findings were presented recently during the FAO<\/strong> Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity<\/a>. “Glyphosate and its main metabolite, AMPA<\/a>, can be found in soil even years after applications,” says Esperanza Huerta Lwanga<\/strong>, a researcher at the University of Wageningen, in Netherlands. The damage, the studies suggest, is clear.<\/p>\n