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and Celiac disease are all on the rise, as are dozens, if not hundreds, of other con- ditions. Interestingly enough, this spike in the rates of many conditions like these began around 1974. That is the year Roundup® went on the market. Since 2000 when it went off patent, it has been used increasingly worldwide.
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Roundup® is a weed killer that con- tains glyphosate as its active ingredient. Monsanto, the manufacturer of Round- up®, has long touted the safety of the
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t's hard to ignore the headlines. Obe- sity and diabetes have risen to epi- demic proportions. Autism, infertility
herbicide. There are stories of salesmen drinking it to prove that point. Researchers are now finding the safety claims about Roundup® to be false. Glyphosate interferes with many enzymes in the human body. It interferes with the body’s ability to detoxify environmental toxins. It chelates (read: depletes) trace minerals in both plants and animals. It damages healthy gut bacteria. It is estro- genic and causes breast tumors in rats that have been bred to mimic human breast cell responses. It damages human DNA. Farmers use Roundup® to kill weeds, which are harmful to their crops. In the
past, it couldn't be sprayed indiscrimi- nately because it would destroy the crops as well. That's where GMOs (genetically modified organisms) came into play. Sci- entists began to genetically modify crop seeds to grow into plants that would be resistant to glyphosate. While the safety of GMO technology and seeds is hotly de- bated, this article does not address these issues. GMO seed development allowed farmers to spray their entire fields of Roundup® ready or resistant crops without damage to the plants. In theory, this approach seemed like a good idea; however, it didn't take into
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