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Showing Original Post only (View all)More joy from Monsanto ............. [View all]
April 25 (Reuters) - Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study.
The peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer, which is sprayed over millions of acres of crops, has been found in food.
Those residues enhance the damaging effects of other food-borne chemical residues and toxins in the environment to disrupt normal body functions and induce disease, according to the report, authored by Stephanie Seneff, a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Anthony Samsel, a retired science consultant from Arthur D. Little, Inc. Samsel is a former private environmental government contractor as well as a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
"Negative impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body," the study says. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/roundup-health-study-idUSL2N0DC22F20130425
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almost sounds like you have a flourquinolone antibiotic drug reaction-burning skin issue is common
lunasun
Apr 2013
#22
Well, then just help yourself to a glass of the herbicide.. You can buy it at HomeDepot.
glowing
Apr 2013
#5
I think there is a reason, seeing what happened with the France study, why the research
glowing
Apr 2013
#25
Sorry about not being very nice. My blood starts to boil when DUers start misleading people.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#48
Accepting genetic modifications on food crops to allow glyphosate when glyphosate resistant weeds
Overseas
Apr 2013
#31
My father died of cancer and everyone blamed it on smoking but us kids knew better - we saw how he
jwirr
Apr 2013
#32
US American bodies are a cesspool of toxins with over 200 of them from birth on.
L0oniX
Apr 2013
#38