Researching the acute toxicity of glyphosate
The widespread use of herbicides in agricultural production, created on the basis of glyphosate revealed their acute and chronic toxicity for mammals, including humans. The aim of the research was to investigate the acute toxicity of glyphosate at a single oral and subcutaneous introduction to white laboratory mice, with two series of experiments to determine the half lethal dose being conducted. According to the experimental data obtained to determine the level of acute oral toxicity, glyphosate can be put into the 4th class of hazard. However, even a small dose of glyphosate absorbed into blood through oral introduction causes appearing clinical and pathological symptoms of intoxication, with the parenteral introduction of glyphosate is higher toxical