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a phosphonate. It is used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses that compete with crops. It was discovered to be an herbicide by Monsanto chemist John E. Franz in 1970. Monsanto brought it to market in 1974 under the trade name Roundup.
For example, Monsanto has crossed genetic material from bacteria known as Bt( Bacillus thuringiensis) with corn. The goal was to create a pest-resistant plant. This means that any pests attempting to eat the corn plant will die since the pesticide is part of every cell of the plant.
The resultant GMO plant, known as Bt Corn, is itself registered as a pesticide with the EPA, along with other GMO Bt crops. In other words, if you feed this corn to your cattle, your chickens, or yourself, you’ ll be feeding them an actual pesticide, not just a smidgeon of pesticide residue.
Those that are genetically altered like corn, soy and cucumbers seeds that grow into plants unaffected by pesticides, herbicides and other adverse conditions such as drought. Soils are also affected and depleted by growing GMO crops and the use of these pesticides and these growing methods.
Many fruits such as apples and berries are sprayed with these pesticides as soon as the buds appear; In other
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words, I believe as do many, that this pesticide residues now become part of the fruit, and this cannot be washed away.
Sadly, we do not know the long term effects of GMOs on the body and planet.
On the one hand, biotech firms like Monsanto argue that the GMO seeds they create are so unique that they need to be patented; something that has farreaching and devastating effects on the global economy.
Yet on the other hand, the same firms argue that the GMO seeds are“ substantially equivalent” to other seeds, so they have no need to be labeled, tested, or otherwise regulated.
So far, the U. S. government has allowed biotech firms to get away with this. However, some testing of GMO seeds has been done in other countries, and it takes investigative journalism found in books like Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’ re Eating to expose just what’ s at risk. Author: Jeffrey M. Smith
Roundup research in Rodale’ s Organic Life … It ' s Raining Roundup. Each year, nonorganic farmers dump millions of pounds of Roundup on food crops. The levels are so excessive, that the federal scientists
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recently detected the weed killer in the air and rain. Veteran pesticide-exposure scientist Warren Porter, PhD, professor of environmental toxicology and zoology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, crunched the numbers and found the data collected by the United States Geological Survey scientists reveal exposure to Roundup could potentially alter your hormones, leading to obesity, heart problems, and diabetes.
Roundup Doubles Our Risk of Lymphoma A major new review of 44 scientific studies found that glysphosate exposure doubles farmers ' risk of developing non- Hodgkin ' s lymphoma. The study authors theorize that Roundup disrupts the normal functioning of white blood cells, throwing your immune system into a sickened, dysfunctional state.
Roundup Flat-Out Kills Human Cells In 2009, French researchers published a scientific paper in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology showing that low levels of four glyphosate formulations used in Roundup— levels far below what ' s allowed in agriculture; levels on par with what ' s in our food— all kill human umbilical, embryonic, and placental cells within 24 hours.
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Roundup Is Killing Your Gut Glyphosate isn ' t just an herbicide; it ' s registered as an antimicrobial agent in the U. S., too, thanks to its ability to wipe out a wide variety of pathogenic organisms. The problem is harmful pathogens like Clostridium botulinum, Salmonella, and E. coli are able to survive in the gut, but the " good guys " in your digestive tract, protective microorganisms, bacillus and lactobacillus, for instance, are killed off. This could set your digestive tract up for a nightmarish situation, including " leaky gut," where the protective gut lining is compromised, allowing bacteria and toxins to escape into your bloodstream.
The use of glyphosate is also linked to the depopulation of bee colonies; has resulted in an 81 percent decrease in the monarch butterfly population, among affecting many other beneficial insects.
Many believe that GMO seeds and crops produce more, but in my experience this is not totally true, growing using organic methods yields a greater abundance; other benefits of growing and producing crops using these methods is not only the nutritional value to our bodies, but also a responsible way to be in harmony with nature and our planet; to be better stewards of the land and
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