Why is a weedkiller showing up in Midwesterners’ urine?

A research group says levels of the controversial and drift-prone weedkiller dicamba have more than tripled in the urine samples of people in the Midwest — even in urban areas.

Since 2017 — when the herbicide took on prominence and widespread use as an “over-the-top” spray for certain crops — there has been a more than 300% increase in levels of the chemical found in the urine of pregnant women in the region, according to the findings from the Heartland Health Research Alliance, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit...
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Ken Notes: We will see more of this as Dicamba is targeted at weeds that have developed resistance to other herbicide like Glyphosate. Our agriculture industry in now dependent on these bio-engineered products grown in fields "cleared" with Glyphosate and Dicamba.