Roundup 'Weedkiller' Feeds Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, Study Finds. The nightmarish toxicological profile of Roundup herbicide (glyphosate) continues to emerge within the peer-reviewed research, this time revealing its role in supporting the growth of a pathogenic bacteria of great medical significance. A concerning new study published in the Brazilian Journal of Microbiology titled, “Influence of glyphosate in planktonic and biofilm growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” indicates that the world’s most widely used herbicide Roundup (glyphosate) may be contributing to the enhanced growth of the pathogenic bacteria P. aeruginosa in our environment. The Brazilian team responsible for the study expressed concern over the “virtual nonexistence” of research evaluating glyphosate herbicide-pathogenic microbiota interactions, and conducted a series of microbial experiments to fill this data gap.
They noted: “Glyphosate is probably the herbicide most discharged into the environment. “Aerobic planktonic growth was superior to anaerobic one. The study concluded: Seneff Nigh Anencephaly 2017 | Stephanie Seneff and Gregory Nigh. 34 Years Later, Monsanto's Mysterious Mouse Tumor Study Resurfaces. By Carey Gillam Call it the case of the mysterious mouse tumor. It's been 34 years since Monsanto Co. presented U.S. regulators with a seemingly routine study analyzing the effects the company's best-selling herbicide might have on rodents. Now, that study is once again under the microscope, emerging as a potentially pivotal piece of evidence in litigation brought by hundreds of people who claim Monsanto's weed killer gave them cancer. This week, tissue slides from long-dead mice in that long-ago research study are being scrutinized by fresh eyes as an expert pathologist employed by lawyers for cancer victims looks for evidence the lawyers hope will help prove a cover-up of the dangers of the weed killer called glyphosate.
Residues have been detected in food and human urine, and many scientists around the world have warned that exposure through diet as well as through application can potentially lead to health problems. Rewind to 1983 But EPA toxicology experts were unconvinced. Feds fold. Americas-largest-pension-fund-has-dumped-fortune-monsanto-stock?akid=15583.1217547. March Against Monsanto in Akron, Ohio (April 8, 2011).Photo Credit: Bill Baker/Flickr I was recently informed by a former California public health employee, that CalPERS, the state's pension and health care fund, the largest in the nation, has invested $136 million in Monsanto.
As a California activist committed to healthy communities, I see this investment as a huge conflict of interest. For its health plan subscribers, the CalPERS mission to “advance the financial and health security” of the participants does not align with the detrimental effects of the toxic herbicide Roundup, Monsanto’s number-one product. The day after finding out about this ill-advised investment, I sent a letter to CalPERS urging it to divest from Monsanto. It hasn't responded. Concerned Californians should be outraged by this investment by CalPERS in Monsanto and the harm that inevitably impacts the very retirees CalPERS is responsible to protect. Monsanto's products have also been shown to kill bees. EPA corruption, Monsanto and RoundUp Litigation: Full text of Motion to Compel Deposition of Jess Rowland. FDN Glyphosate FoodTesting Report p2016. Food Testing Results - The Detox Project. Alarming Levels of Glyphosate Contamination Found in Popular American Foods | Food Democracy Now.
Alarming Levels of Glyphosate Contamination Found in Popular American Foods: Cheerios, Doritos, Oreos, Stacy’s Pita Chips, Ritz Crackers among Affected Products (Washington DC) Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide linked to Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetically engineered crops, has been found at alarming levels in a wide range of best-selling foods across the U.S., Food Democracy Now!
And The Detox Project announced today. The results published in this report are from the first independent glyphosate residue testing of popular American food products performed using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), the regulatory recognized “gold standard” testing methods at an FDA registered laboratory. These newest findings also come as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) postponed hearings last month, which were due to explore glyphosate’s link to cancer in humans.
Food Democracy Now! Anresco Laboratories was founded by Dr. Dr. Dr. Food Democracy Now! FDN Glyphosate FoodTesting Report p2016. New Risks of GMO Food, Glyphosate Uncovered: Scientist’s Ground-Breaking Research. Within just a few weeks, two studies were published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports that cast new doubts on the safety of genetically modified foods and glyphosate herbicide. The first found that a genetically modified corn, NK 603, was not substantially equivalent to a non-GMO counterpart, which is contrary to claims of GMO proponents.
The second study found that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, can cause a serious liver disease at doses thousands of times lower than that allowed by law. Dr. Michael Antoniou, Head of the Gene Expression and Therapy Group at King’s College London in the United Kingdom, led the ground-breaking research. The main focus of research within Dr. Antoniou’s group is the study of the molecular mechanisms of the regulation of gene function.
He has used these discoveries to develop efficient gene expression systems for efficacious and safe biotechnological applications, including gene therapy. More recently, Dr. Dr. Stephanie Seneff's Home Page. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She received the B.S. degree in Biophysics in 1968, the M.S. and E.E. degrees in Electrical Engineering in 1980, and the Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1985, all from MIT. For over three decades, her research interests have always been at the intersection of biology and computation: developing a computational model for the human auditory system, understanding human language so as to develop algorithms and systems for human computer interactions, as well as applying natural language processing (NLP) techniques to gene predictions. She has published over 170 refereed articles on these subjects, and has been invited to give keynote speeches at several international conferences.
She has also supervised numerous Master's and PhD theses at MIT. In 2012, Dr. Seneff was elected Fellow of the International Speech and Communication Association (ISCA). Glyphosate Disrupts DNA Function, Causing Alzheimer's & Parkinson's. By Julie Wilson, contributor for NaturalNews.com Nearly half a century has passed since Monsanto scientist John Franz first discovered glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, which today is sprayed heavily all over the globe, including on our food and water, and in recreational areas where people go for leisure. However, it is only now that scientists are beginning to truly understand the way this insidious chemical affects not only wildlife and the environment, but also the human body and its intricate biological functions.
A recent review of the scientific literature conducted by independent researchers Anthony Samsel, Ph.D. and Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D. – a scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – uncovered some disturbing information about the way glyphosate interferes with the structure and functionality of important proteins in the human body. Glyphosate found to adversely impact structure and function of important proteins Sources: AlterNet.orgRoundup.ca. Ijerph 13 00264. Why Is Glyphosate Sprayed on Crops Right Before Harvest? Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is recognized as the world’s most widely used weed killer.
What is not so well known is that farmers also use glyphosate on crops such as wheat, oats, edible beans and other crops right before harvest, raising concerns that the herbicide could get into food products. Escalating Use of Probable Carcinogen Glyphosate has come under increased scrutiny in the past year. Last year the World Health Organization’s cancer group, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, classified it as a probably carcinogen.
The state of California has also moved to classify the herbicide as a probable carcinogen. A recently published paper describes the escalating use of glyphosate: 18.9 billion pounds have been used globally since its introduction in 1974, making it the most widely and heavily applied weed-killer in the history of chemical agriculture. Glyphosate Used to Speed Up Wheat Harvest He has concerns about the practice. What is the Zika Virus Epidemic Covering Up? Jagannath Chatterjee, Green Med InfoWaking Times Correlation does not mean causation. Is the Zika virus being used as a scapegoat for Pharma’s dangerous adverse effects? The world of modern medicine has since its inception been one of controversies, scandals and cover ups. Each such episode has bettered the other and is done with a finesse that appears clearly criminal in intent.
On February 1st 2016, the WHO declared the Zika virus epidemic a global public health emergency. Experts cautioned that the virus was spreading fast and Latin America was threatened. Even before this declaration by the WHO, on January 22nd the Government of Brazil had gone into an overdrive to contain the epidemic. In a public health debate on France 24 TV channel on 26th January however the experts were cautious. The Zika virus was discovered in the year 1947 by the Rockefeller Foundation when it was isolated from monkeys from the Zika forest in Uganda in a laboratory.
What can cause microcephaly? Coffee Farmers Sue Monsanto for Hiding Cancer-Causing Impact of Glyphosate. Monsanto Co. is facing another lawsuit alleging that exposure to glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the company’s flagship product Roundup, causes cancer. Christine and Kenneth Sheppard, the former owners of Dragon’s Lair Kona Coffee Farm in Honaunau, Hawaii, have accused the multinational agribusiness of falsely masking the carcinogenic risks of glyphosate and is responsible for causing the woman’s cancer, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported.
The civil suit, Sheppard et al v. Monsanto Company, was filed Feb. 2 in U.S. District Court in Honolulu by the Miller Firm of Orange, Virgina and Honolulu attorney Brian K. Mackintosh on behalf of the husband-and-wife duo. The plaintiffs seek unspecified monetary damages, including compensatory damages, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees and court costs.
According to the complaint, Christine Sheppard had used Roundup on her commercial coffee farm in Hawaii in or around 1995 and continued to use the herbicide until 2004. Carrasco research paper. Zika? Monsanto’s Roundup associated with smaller heads. Zika? Monsanto’s Roundup associated with smaller heads by Jon Rappoport January 31, 2016 (To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Power Outside The Matrix, click here.) This is my fourth article on the Zika scam. A virus is being blamed for destruction that actually comes from other forces. In a previous piece, I listed the top six causes for what is happening in the center of the storm, Brazil, where babies are being born with smaller heads (microcephaly) and brain damage. Here I’m presenting information from an animal study that implicates glyphosate, the central ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide, Roundup, in microcephaly and cranial malformations.
One of authors of this study is the late Argentine researcher, Andres Carrasco, who was subjected to scientific censorship and threats during his career. The study was published on May 20, 2010 (Chem. The researchers in the study used xenopus laevis (frog) and chicken embryos. Monsanto knows how to protect itself. Roundup means destruction. Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cells growth via estrogen receptors. Highlights Glyphosate at 10−12 to 10−6 M promoted growth of T47D cells via estrogen receptors. Glyphosate produced the activation of ERE which can be blocked by ICI 182780. Glyphosate altered estrogen receptors by increasing expression ratio of ERα and ERβ. Glyphosate had an additive effect with genistein on ERE activation and cell growth. Abstract Glyphosate is an active ingredient of the most widely used herbicide and it is believed to be less toxic than other pesticides.
Keywords Glyphosate; Estrogenic effect; Genistein; Human breast cancer; T47D; T47D-KBluc 1. Glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, is widely used as an active ingredient of herbicide products to control weeds in cropped and non-cropped fields around the world. This present study aims to evaluate the estrogenic effects of glyphosate alone at the range of concentrations that has been reported in environmental conditions and exposed human. 2. 2.1. 2.2. Pre- and postnatal toxicity of the commercial glyphosate formulation in Wistar rats. Most Honey, Including Organic, Contains Monsanto Roundup Herbicide’s Toxic Glyphosates. Global Research by Kali Sinclair A recent study by researchers from Boston University and Abraxis LLC found significant amounts of glyphosates in a food that you wouldn’t necessarily expect: honey. Five categories of food items were tested from Philadelphia grocery stores: honey, corn and pancake syrup, soy milk, tofu, and soy sauce.
Sixty-two percent of the conventional honeys and 45% of the organic honeys sampled had levels of glyphosates above the minimum established limits. It’s hard to ignore the presence of glyphosate in a large portion of our food supply. Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Monsanto’s star herbicide, Roundup. Even the Organic Honey? So how did so many of the 69 honey samples, including 11 organic samples, tested contain such high levels of glyphosates? There’s also the issue of the wax that bees use for their hives. Can I Ever Eat Honey Again? Is there any way around the amount of herbicides and pesticides in honey? Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cells growth via estrogen receptors. Sri Lanka Bans Monsanto Herbicide Citing Deadly Link To Kidney Disease. Sri Lanka has decided to completely ban glyphosate from their country, it’s the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.
In doing so they join a growing list of countries that have/are doing the same. The ban comes out of concern that the chemical may be linked to a fatal kidney disease that could kill agricultural workers. Glyphosate was patented as a herbicide by Monsanto in the early 1970s, and it is the most widely used herbicide in the world. A chronic kidney disease has been affecting poor farming regions all over the world, and a new study that was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health suggests that Roundup, or glyphosate, becomes highly toxic to the kidney once mixed with “hard” water or metals like cadmium and arsenic. “An investigation carried out by medical specialists and scientists has revealed that kidney disease was mainly caused by glyphosate. Another report linked glyphosate to birth defects. Sources: Is Roundup Weedkiller A Brain-Damaging Neurotoxin?
Sayer Ji, GreenMedInfoWaking Times A new study reveals a hitherto unknown mechanism behind how the world’s most popular GMO herbicide harms the brain. Remarkably, despite Roundup® herbicide’s widespread approval around the world, the most basic mechanisms through which it exerts toxicity towards non-target animal species (including humans) have yet to be adequately characterized.
Concerned about Brazil’s status as the largest global consumer of pesticides since 2008, researchers sought to elucidate toxicologic effects of these agrochemicals in humans. Their new study, published in the journal Toxicology, provides a proposed mechanism for the adverse neurological effects of Roundup® (a glyphosate-based herbicide). The results found that acute exposure to Roundup® induces calcium influx into neurons (primarily, by activating NMDA receptors and voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels), leading to oxidative stress and neural cell death. [ii] Yamauchi, Takashi (August 2005). About the Author. Glyphosate: #takethetest - Feed The World. Monsanto's Glyphosate Doubles Risk of Lymphoma. How Monsanto is Destroying the Brains and Health of Everyone. Why You Are Insane If You Think GMOs Are Safe. 15 Health Problems Linked to Monsanto's Roundup.