Re: Glyphosate update

**L* L* <l*@gmail.com>**

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Catriona Erler <
catriona@catrionatudorerler.com> wrote:

> Anyone interested (concerned) about effects of glyphosate on humans should
> check out this link
> <https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/
> 05/15/glyphosate-in-food.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=
> email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20180515Z1_UCM&et_
> cid=DM207282&et_rid=305460542>
> .
>
> Story at-a-glance
>
>    - Between 1974 — the year glyphosate entered the U.S. market — and 2014,
>    glyphosate use in the U.S. increased more than 250fold
>    - Few people had detectable levels of glyphosate in their urine in 1993,
>    but by 2016, 70 percent had detectable levels. Between 1993 and 2016,
> the
>    glyphosate levels in people’s bodies increased by 1,208 percent
>    - While both the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program
>    and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) measure pesticide
> residues
>    in foods, neither include glyphosate in their official testing
>    - Internal FDA emails reveal Roundup has been found in virtually all
>    foods tested, including granola, oatmeal products, crackers and honey
>    - Independent testing has found significant amounts of glyphosate in a
>    wide range of foods as well, including grains (especially oats),
> legumes,
>    beans, orange juice, wine and ice cream
>

Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome 'at safe levels', study claims
Study on rats said to show that the chemical, found in Monsanto’s Roundup
weedkiller, poses ‘a significant public health concern’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/16/glyphosate-shown-to-disrupt-microbiome-at-safe-levels-study-claims

A chemical found in the world’s most widely used weedkiller can have
disrupting effects on sexual development, genes and beneficial gut bacteria at
doses considered safe, according to a wide-ranging pilot study in rats.
Glyphosate is the core ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide and
levels found in the human bloodstream have spiked by more than a 1,000% in
the last two decades
<http://time.com/4993877/weed-killer-roundup-levels-humans/>. The substance
was recently relicensed for a shortened five-year lease by the EU
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/27/controversial-glyphosate-weedkiller-wins-new-five-year-lease-in-europe>.
But scientists involved in the new glyphosate study say their results show
that it poses “a significant public health concern”. One of the report’s
authors, Daniele Mandrioli, at the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy,
said significant and potentially detrimental effects from glyphosate had
been detected in the gut bacteria of rat pups born to mothers, who appeared
to have been unaffected themselves. “It shouldn’t be happening and it is
quite remarkable that it is,” Mandrioli said. “Disruption of the microbiome
has been associated with a number of negative health outcomes, such as
obsesity, diabetes and immunological problems.” Prof Philip J Landrigan, of
New York’s Icahn School of Medicine, and also one of the research team,
said: “These early warnings must be further investigated in a comprehensive
long-term study.” He added that serious health effects from the chemical
might manifest as long-term cancer risk: “That might affect a huge number
of people, given the planet-wide use of the glyphosate-based herbicides.”

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