Pesticide Use Related to GE Crops and Farmer Health in China: Evidence and Implications

Our results demonstrate that the adverse health effects of insecticide use was more severe than that of herbicides and fungicides.
Glyphosate use was not associated with farmer health damage, while the use of
non-glyphosate herbicides inclined to induce renal dysfunction and decrease of
serum folic acid.
Moreover, chemical lepidopteran insecticides were likely to damage hepatic function, increase serum glucose level, and induce the inflammation, as well as induce damage to peripheral nerves among farmers...