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  • From: Leslie Moyer <unschooler@lrec.org>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Safest Systemic Killer for Stump?
  • Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:24:29 -0500

On 9/28/10 6:42 PM, Matt Demmon wrote:
Most people consider glyphosate (active ingredient in Roundup) to be
one of the 'least toxic' of herbicides. It's supposedly not very
persistent, and not very harmful to humans.
A true statement about "most people", I imagine, and I used to feel the same way. However, there has been plenty of information to the contrary. Here's an excerpt from a post I sent to another list earlier this spring that references the medical journal, Toxicology:

This is such an important topic in light of the huge increase in "Roundup Ready" seed use in the last few years.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/Roundup-Weed-Killer-Toxicity.aspx?utm_content=05.26.10+SLCS&utm_campaign=SLCS&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email

To protect our health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets maximum legal residue levels for every pesticide, for dozens of crops. But a new study in the respected journal Toxicology has shown that, at low levels that are currently legal on our food, Roundup could cause DNA damage, endocrine disruption and cell death. The study, conducted by French researchers, shows glyphosate-based herbicides are toxic to human reproductive cells.

<<snip>>

"... If a pregnant woman were to be exposed early in gestation, it looks like these herbicides could have an effect during the sexual differentiation stage. They really lock in on testosterone.”

<<snip>>

Despite being termed “inert,” these added (and usually secret) ingredients are anything but benign, as the manufacturers have claimed for decades. The new French research found the surfactants not only amplify the effects of glyphosate, but glyphosate also amplifies the effects of the surfactants. Basically, one plus one equals something larger than two.

<<snip>>

More in the article at the link above and you can find more about glyphosate's toxicity--to humans and other biological creatures--if you begin to look around.

-Leslie







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