More than ever before, today's consumer exhibits a desire to understand where food comes from and how it was grown in a food milieu characterized by the convergence of agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability ( 1). We are confident that this succinct, yet thorough, review of this topic will be of interest to myriad researchers, public health experts, and health practitioners as they help communicate information about making healthful and sustainable food choices to the public.įood safety, toxicology, dietary risk assessment, glyphosate, pesticides Introduction In addition, we describe current efforts to monitor pesticide use. Throughout the review, we provide specific examples for some of the concepts as they apply to glyphosate-a pesticide commonly used by both farmers and consumers. As such, the objective of this review is to provide a historical perspective as to how modern pesticides were developed, current trends in pesticide use and regulation, and measures taken to reduce the risk of pesticide use to the consumer. Indeed, these regulations are sometimes not well understood within health care professions. However, the ability of consumers to obtain and understand state-of-the-science information about how pesticides are regulated and how dietary exposure limits are set can be limited by the complicated nature of the regulations coupled with an abundance of sources seeking to cast doubt on the reliability of those regulations.
Understanding the magnitude and impact of dietary pesticide exposures is a concern for some consumers.
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