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Monsanto's Roundup may be linked to fatal diseases
27.02.2014 12:47 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Chronic kidney disease, gluten intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome are on the rise worldwide, and that rise has taken place in parallel with the increased use of Monsanto’s Roundup glyphosate herbicide, Voice of Russia reports referring to articles.mercola.com.
The new study was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Researchers suggest that Roundup, or glyphosate, becomes highly toxic to the kidney once mixed with «hard» water or metals like arsenic and cadmium that often exist naturally in the soil or are added via fertilizer.
«Celiac disease, and, more generally, gluten intolerance, is a growing problem worldwide, but especially in North America and Europe, where an estimated 5 percent of the population now suffers from it. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, skin rashes, macrocytic anemia and depression. It is a multifactorial disease associated with numerous nutritional deficiencies as well as reproductive issues and increased risk to thyroid disease, kidney failure and cancer. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide, Roundup, is the most important causal factor in this epidemic,» researchers say.
Researchers suggest that Roundup, or glyphosate, becomes highly toxic to the kidney once mixed with «hard» water or metals like arsenic and cadmium that often exist naturally in the soil or are added via fertilizer. Hard water contains metals like calcium, magnesium, strontium, and iron, among others. On its own, glyphosate is toxic, but not detrimental enough to eradicate kidney tissue.
The glyphosate molecule was patented as a herbicide by Monsanto in the early 1970s. The company soon brought glyphosate to market under the name «Roundup,» which is now the most commonly used herbicide in the world.
Scientists have derived three ways of exposure to glyphosate-metal complexes (GMCs): consumption of contaminated hard water, food, or the complex could be formed directly within circulation with glyphosate coming from dermal/respiratory route and metals from water and foods.
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