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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

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

"Anyone interested (concerned) about effects of glyphosate on humans should
check out this link"

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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

How Is Glyphosate Affecting Human Health?

Glyphosate mimics glycine (hence the “gly” in glyphosate), a very common
amino acid your body uses to make proteins. As a result, your body can
substitute glyphosate for glycine, which results in damaged proteins being
produced. According to research published in the journal Entropy in 2013,
the main toxic effects of glyphosate are related to the fact that it:8
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   - Inhibits the shikimate pathway
   
<https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/14/glyphosate.aspx>,
   found in gut bacteria in both humans and animals
   - Interferes with the function of cytochrome P450 enzymes
   
<https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/10/19/cholesterol-sulfate.aspx>,
   required for activation of vitamin D in the liver, and the creation of both
   nitric oxide and cholesterol sulfate, the latter of which is needed for red
   blood cell integrity
   - Chelates important minerals, including iron, cobalt and manganese.
   Manganese deficiency, in turn, impairs mitochondrial function and can lead
   to glutamate toxicity in the brain
   - Interferes with the synthesis of aromatic amino acids and methionine,
   which results in shortages in critical neurotransmitters and folate
   - Disrupts sulfate synthesis and sulfate transport

Glyphosate also disrupts, destroys, impairs or inhibits:10
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   - The microbiome, thanks to its antibiotic activity
   
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   - Sulfur metabolism
   - Methylation pathways
   - Pituitary release of thyroid stimulating hormone, which can lead to
   hypothyroidism

The chemical has also been linked to certain cancers. In March 2015, the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a research arm of the
World Health Organization, reclassified glyphosate as a Class 2A probable
carcinogen11
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based on "limited evidence" showing the weed killer can cause Non-Hodgkin
lymphoma
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and lung cancer in humans, along with "convincing evidence" linking it to
cancer in animals.

Since then, more than 3,500 individuals have filed lawsuits against
Monsanto, claiming the weed killer caused their Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Many
of the cases in this multidistrict litigation are being handled in federal
court in San Francisco under one judge. Internal documents obtained during
discovery have been released by plaintiff attorneys, and have become known
as “The Monsanto Papers
<https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/03/28/epa-monsanto-collusion.aspx>.”


Disturbingly, some of this evidence reveals the EPA has protected the
company's interests by manipulating and preventing key investigations into
glyphosate's cancer-causing potential.

According to toxicologist Linda Birnbaum, director of the U.S. National
Institute of Environmental Health Services, even minor exposure could have
a detrimental effect on human health. “Even with low levels of pesticides,
we’re exposed to so many, and we don’t count the fact that we have
cumulative exposures,” she told Gillam.

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I didn't realize the contamination of Earth and food was so pervasive. It
isn't just herbicide with glyphosate it is 2-4-D too. Under pressure from
media and industry salesmen
Harry Homeowner is now obsessed with jugs of it. He has found new life. He
can garden and not have to do any work removing weeds. These things should
be outlawed for general use by the public and restricted to specially
licensed landscape contractors to remove poison ivy. The area
representatives for Monsanto and Bayer are really nasty people with their
boldface lies and lack of concern for the public good.