Monsanto’s ‘Roundup’ weedkiller may be causing kidney failure in farmworkers: study

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/11/monsantos-roundup-weedkiller-may-be-causing-kidney-failure-in-farmworkers-study/



Monsanto’s ‘Roundup’ weedkiller may be causing kidney failure in farmworkers: study
By Tom Boggioni
Friday, July 11, 2014 15:01 EDT

Researchers looking into the cause of a chronic kidney disease epidemic which has devastated farm-workers in Central America, India and Sri Lanka may have found their culprit in a commonly-used herbicide manufactured by Monsanto, according to Truthout.

According to a study conducted by three Sri Lankan scientists, glyphosate, an ingredient used in herbicide Roundup may be behind a disease known as CKDu; Chronic Kidney Disease. The ‘u’ in the name indicates a variation from other chronic kidney diseases where the cause is known.

CKDu is now the second leading cause of death among men in El Salvador, a small country with the highest overall mortality rate from kidney disease in the world. In neighboring El Salvador and Nicaragua, more men die from CKDu than from HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and leukemia combined.

In one area of rural Nicaragua, so many men have died that the community is called “The Island of the Widows.”

[theHandpuppet]

1. That wouldn't surprise me in the least!

The fact that millions of people right here in this country are using these poisons on their own lawns, places where they and their kids and pets play, is absolutely appalling. Every time I see those damn commercials on TV I wonder, where are the govt studies on this? How can this possibly be legal?

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Agreed. nt