Impact of the use of glyphosate on human health

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Impact of the use of glyphosate

on human health

Bev BuckleySimon Michaux

Oct 2013


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Summary How prevalent are GMO crops in the food supply? Glyphosate is now detected throughout the food chain and the

environment Correlations between the increase in glyphosate use on crops and organ

disease The data for corn and soy crops have also been plotted against % of U.S.

population who suffer from various medical conditions Corn and soy data are plotted against the incidence and prevalence of

diabetes and end stage renal disease (ESRD kidney failure) Correlations between increase in neurological diseases and the use of

glyphosate Intestinal disease, immune disease and glyphosate


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Roundup is an industrial herbicide manufactured by

Monsanto

Used widely as standard practice in conventional industrialagriculture


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Industrial herbicides have been linked to beepopulation die offs in Europe

YouTube Documentary: Vanishing of the Beeshttp://www.

youtube.com/watch?v=9755v261uhQ

Greenpeace International: Honey Bee Collapse: A Lesson in Ecologyhttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/honey-bee-collapse-a-lesson-in-ecology/blog/45357/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9755v261uhQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9755v261uhQhttp://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/honey-bee-collapse-a-lesson-in-ecology/blog/45357/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/honey-bee-collapse-a-lesson-in-ecology/blog/45357/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9755v261uhQ


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The Frankenfood marriage

Roundup meets GMO, gets married, and starts to produce an unprecedentedset of problems, at a scale never seen before


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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

Plants and seeds that have been genetically engineered according toperform artificially well in a given set of circumstances

True long term consequences to antes food chain and environment areunknown


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GMO and animal health Pigs fed a diet of genetically engineered soy and corn showed a 267%

increase in severe stomach inflammation compared to those fed non-GMOdiets

In male pigs, the difference was even more pronounced: a 400% increase

For the record, most autistic children are males, and nearly all of them havesevere intestinal inflammation

The study was conducted on 168 young pigs on an authentic farmenvironment and was carried out over a 23-week period by eightresearchers across Australia and the USA.

The lead researcher, Dr. Judy Carman, is from the Institute of Health andEnvironmental Research in Kensington Park, Australia. The study has nowbeen published in the Journal of Organic Systems

Source: Dr Judy Carmanhttp://gmojudycarman.org/
http://gmojudycarman.org/http://gmojudycarman.org/


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A picture is worth a 1000 words

Journal of Organic Systems


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Yet more evidence that GMOs damage mammals Scientific evidence from others studies which show that rats fed a diet of

GMOs grow horrifying cancer tumors and suffer premature death

Up to 50% of males and 70% of females suffered premature death.

Rats fed GM corn and traces of Roundup suffered severe organ damageincluding liver damage and kidney damage.

The study fed these rats NK603, the Monsanto variety of GM corn that'sgrown across North America and widely fed to animals and humans. This isthe same corn that's in your corn-based breakfast cereal, corn tortillas andcorn snack chips.

Source: Dr Gilles-Eric Seralini of the University of CaenThe Food & Chemical Toxicology Journal

A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn Varieties on Mammalian Healthhttp://www.ijbs.com/v05p0706.htm
http://www.ijbs.com/v05p0706.htmhttp://www.ijbs.com/v05p0706.htm


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"We can expect that the consumption of GM maize and the herbicide Roundup,

impacts seriously on human health." - Dr Antoniou.


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Industrial herbicides require considerable safetymeasures

What does this picture tell you about the health benefitsof this method of growing food


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Dr Stephanie Seneff - Summary

How prevalent are GMO crops in the food supply? Glyphosate is now detected throughout the food chain and the

environment Correlations between the increase in glyphosate use on crops and organ

disease The data for corn and soy crops have also been plotted against % of U.S.

population who suffer from various medical conditions Corn and soy data are plotted against the incidence and prevalence of

diabetes and end stage renal disease (ESRD kidney failure) Correlations between increase in neurological diseases and the use of

glyphosate Intestinal disease, immune disease and glyphosate

http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/


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Glyphosate According to USDA, glyphosate use increased 6,504%

between 1991 to 2010 in the United States

Glyphosate residues of up to 4.4mg/kg have been detected instems, leaves and beans of glyphosate-resistant soy

Indicating metabolism of the herbicide

This means that Roundup ReadyTM

plants are absorbing theherbicide and you cannot simply wash it off


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How prevalent are GMO crops in the food supply?

USDA estimates that in 2012, 93% of all soy, 88% of corn and 94% of cotton

grown in the US was genetically engineered


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Use of glyphosate has been steadily increasing


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Glyphosate is showing up everywhere

Glyphosate was frequently detected in water, rain and air in theMississippi River basin

U.S. Geological Survey 2011 Reported concentrations of glyphosate in air and rain as high as 2.5

g/L in agricultural areas in Mississippi and Iowa Chang et al

The presence of two insecticides and 27 herbicides detected inreservoir water in Northern Great Plains in 2007

Donald et al


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Correlations between the increase inglyphosate use on crops and organ disease


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The data for corn and soy crops have also beenplotted against % of U.S. population who suffer

from various medical conditions

(data trends are not available before 1995)


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Corn and soy data are plotted against theincidence and prevalence (the number of peoplewho have the disease) of diabetes and end stage

renal disease (ESRD kidney failure)


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Data sources


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Data show correlations between increasein neurological diseases and the use of

glyphosate


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Neurological diseases and GMO


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Data sources


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Intestinal disease, immune disease andglyphosate


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Data sources


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Data sources


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Data sources


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Correlation is not the same as causality There are multiple causes which could explain these

outcomes That being stated, this should be investigated further as there

are clear correlations between measurable health problemsand incidence of the use of glyphosate products

All of which should have been researched and publicallydocumented before being rolled out at an industrial scale

who watches the watchmen?


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Glyphosateeffect on

MetabolicPathways

Raw materialsmissing

OverburdenedDetoxification

Less than optimalpathways adopted

Glyphosate causesNutritionalDeficiencies

Inadequate

nutrients in foods Chelation

Compromised gut

bacteria

Cells Liver function Digestive Gut

Glyphosates effecton detoxification

Low EnergyLevels

Inadequatenutrients, aminoacids, vitamins in

foods

Unbalancedproportions of gut

bacteria

Chemical residuesin food

Malnutrition(Important

nutrients missing)


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Low Energy

Levels


foods


bacteria

Chemicalresidues in food


nutrients missing)


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foods


bacteria


nutrients missing)


Low Energy

Levels

Muscle cells unable

to absorb glucose

Body functionsimpaired

Cholesterol-sulphatemetabolism impaired


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foods


bacteria


nutrients missing)


Low EnergyLevels

Weightgain

No serotoninproduced

No tryptophanproduced

Poor absorption ofnutrients

Person becomesdepressed, angry and

irrational

Body functionsimpaired

Person over eats


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foods


bacteria


nutrients missing)


Low EnergyLevels

Poor fat digestionBody fat stores toxins

Weight gain

Person over eats Cychrome P450enzymes not

produced


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foods


bacteria


nutrients missing)


Low EnergyLevels

Ammonia

Macrophagesneeded to get rid

of poisons(glyphosate)

Body defensesystems work

overtime

Cychrome P450enzymes not

produced

Body unable toabsorb glucose

ToxicityCells not cleaned


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Micro-organismpopulationbecomes

unbalanced

Too many badguys or bacteriathat are harmful

to system

Essential nutrientsand amino acids

missing

Too few good guysor symbiotic

bacteria that areuseful to system

Viruses attack

system

Breakdown of food

compromised

Chelation

Tryptophanmissing

Sulphatemissing

Missing:Molybdenum

ZincCobalt

SeleniumManganese

Phenolscreated

Serotoninmissing

Mental

illness

Birth

defects

Taurinemissing

Bile acid notproduced


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No proteinclean-up

Cysteine missingCholesterolsulphatemissing

Cells die

No oxidation

reductionreaction

Cells full ofdebris


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Glyphosate causesNutritional Deficiencies

Inadequatenutrients in foods

ChelationCompromised gut

bacteria


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bacteria


Amino acidsmissing

Vitaminsmissing

Obesity

Shrinkingcell size

Sulphurmissing

Sulphatemissing

Chronicfatigue

Leaky gutsyndrome

Heart failureeNOS productionof cholesterol

sulphate impaired

Cells cantabsorb glucose

Alzheimer'sdisease

Inflammation ofmyelin sheath of

brain axons


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bacteria


Amino acidsmissing

Vitaminsmissing

Obesity

Sulphurmissing

Tryptophan

Methiommie

Glutathione

Dopamine

Depression

Obesity

Parkinson'sdisease

Serotonin


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bacteria


Stress levels on

body increase

Toxins levels increased

Neurological messagesto brain from the

digestive tract gut

Food digestion impairedAutism

Allergies

High bloodpressure


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Glyphosate effect onMetabolic Pathways



Less than optimalpathwaysadopted


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Glyphosate effect onMetabolic Pathways



Less than optimalpathwaysadopted

eNOS production ofcholesterol-sulphate

reduced

All body systemswork at less than

optimal level

Collagen levelsreduced

Protein building

compromised

No message transferin neuron pathways



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Glyphosateeffect on

MetabolicPathways



Less than optimalpathways adopted

Glyphosate causesNutritionalDeficiencies

Inadequate

nutrients in foodsChelation

Compromised gut

bacteria



Low EnergyLevels


foods


bacteria

Chemical residuesin food


nutrients missing)


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Data sources


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Data sources


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How does our political administration regulate this?

What starts in the US often becomes standard practice here in Australia


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Response by Big Government


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How did this happen?

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What do we do?

Government has already demonstrated its stance on this issueBi b i i th t k f t h l !

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