With the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) acknowledging in 2015 that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” and studies subsequently providing “compelling evidence” that the chemical increases the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the dangers of its use are now clear. As research has additionally linked it to a higher risk of preterm birth, the need for glyphosate to be withdrawn from sale is both urgent and overwhelming.
Illustrating the size of the problem, the United States Environmental Protection Agency now allows 50 times more glyphosate on corn crops than it did in 1996. In 2015 more than 220 million pounds (99.8 million kg) of glyphosate were used in the United States on crops such as genetically engineered corn and soybeans, processed foods with monosodium glutamate (MSG), vegetable oils, high fructose corn syrup, and animal feed. The bottom line here is that the more we use dangerous chemicals to grow our food, the harder they are to avoid.
To learn more about the damaging effects of glyphosate, see this article on our website.
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Living near farmland can significantly increase people’s exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used herbicide Roundup, new research shows.
[Source: medicalxpress.com]
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With the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) acknowledging in 2015 that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” and studies subsequently providing “compelling evidence” that the chemical increases the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the dangers of its use are now clear. As research has additionally linked it to a higher risk of preterm birth, the need for glyphosate to be withdrawn from sale is both urgent and overwhelming.
Illustrating the size of the problem, the United States Environmental Protection Agency now allows 50 times more glyphosate on corn crops than it did in 1996. In 2015 more than 220 million pounds (99.8 million kg) of glyphosate were used in the United States on crops such as genetically engineered corn and soybeans, processed foods with monosodium glutamate (MSG), vegetable oils, high fructose corn syrup, and animal feed. The bottom line here is that the more we use dangerous chemicals to grow our food, the harder they are to avoid.
To learn more about the damaging effects of glyphosate, see this article on our website.
Dr. Rath Health Foundation
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