Sensitive populations, especially children, are the measure of all things in scientific risk assessment

Children are considered to be especially sensitive to potentially harmful substances. This is taken into account in the assessment of the health risks of pesticidal active ingredients and in the setting of health-based limit values. For this purpose, toxicological limit values such as the ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake of a substance) and the ARfD (Acute Reference Dose), which are established by international panels of experts, are compared to the exposure of children. This also applies to the risk assessment of glyphosate.  
Glyphosate is an active ingredient in a range of pesticides approved in Germany and worldwide. The use of these pesticides can lead to residues in food. Provided that the legal maximum levels are not exceeded, the occurrence of such residues is safe in terms of health effects and hence legally permitted. From a scientific perspective, the detection of glyphosate in low concentrations in urine is to be expected. Indeed it shows that glyphosate is rapidly excreted, predominantly via urine. 
Across all foods studied within the framework of the German food monitoring programme over the last six years, approximately 1400 samples were tested for glyphosate. This sample base is too limited to allow any reliable statement on the actual exposure levels of the German population. In total, residues were detected in 24 of the tested samples. In both children and adults, glyphosate exposure amounts to less than 1 % of the ADI value. 
When the product is used correctly and in line with its intended purpose, no health risks for children are to be expected from glyphosate. The risk assessment in approval and licensing procedures ensures that the highest expected intake quantity is taken into account for all affected sections of the population. This includes children. The assessment by BfR has been clearly confirmed by the European Member States experts in the conclusion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).