07-01-2018, 06:49 AM
I have been reading this thread with interest.
The problem is much deeper that using Roundup to spray and control weeds.
The use of Roundup with herbicide resistant crops ( HRC)such as soybeans, corn etc whereby crops are sprayed with Roundup to kill weeds but the crop survives. These crops are genetically altered ; they are able to withstand how Roundup kills weeds by inhibiting enzyme that interferes with protein production so that weed dies. Ok, so plants have this enzyme but animals and humans do not have this enzyme pathway THEREFORE Roundup is perfectly safe to use ( Monsanto, FDA) ...HOWEVER bacteria do use the pathway that roundup interferes with....so what difference does that make?
Well, the trillions of beneficial bacteria in our gut that are now known to be critical for physical and mental health MAY be killed by the roundup ready crops we are eating or foods that contain high fructose corn syrup made from roundup resistant corn. I don't know the evidence studies ( I don't have the time or the inclination to look for these) but the evolving literature being reported in non scientific media quickly convinces me that there is mounting evidence to suggest ,at least, that more studies are needed before we claim upmost safety of Roundup. Of course the question that begs to be answered is why wasn't the studies done before Roundup was released, isn't that how it is supposed to work?
These are not crops that we have been eating for hundreds of years so we know all the health effects, Roundup ready corn, I believe( would have to look up exact year), was introduced around 1996, a mere 22 years ago.....
I always go back to cigarette smoking; how makers of cigarettes and their supporters claimed that cigarettes were perfectly safe. Until they weren't.
Will Roundup be found to be perfectly safe or detrimental to human health, only persistence and time will tell.
The problem is much deeper that using Roundup to spray and control weeds.
The use of Roundup with herbicide resistant crops ( HRC)such as soybeans, corn etc whereby crops are sprayed with Roundup to kill weeds but the crop survives. These crops are genetically altered ; they are able to withstand how Roundup kills weeds by inhibiting enzyme that interferes with protein production so that weed dies. Ok, so plants have this enzyme but animals and humans do not have this enzyme pathway THEREFORE Roundup is perfectly safe to use ( Monsanto, FDA) ...HOWEVER bacteria do use the pathway that roundup interferes with....so what difference does that make?
Well, the trillions of beneficial bacteria in our gut that are now known to be critical for physical and mental health MAY be killed by the roundup ready crops we are eating or foods that contain high fructose corn syrup made from roundup resistant corn. I don't know the evidence studies ( I don't have the time or the inclination to look for these) but the evolving literature being reported in non scientific media quickly convinces me that there is mounting evidence to suggest ,at least, that more studies are needed before we claim upmost safety of Roundup. Of course the question that begs to be answered is why wasn't the studies done before Roundup was released, isn't that how it is supposed to work?
These are not crops that we have been eating for hundreds of years so we know all the health effects, Roundup ready corn, I believe( would have to look up exact year), was introduced around 1996, a mere 22 years ago.....
I always go back to cigarette smoking; how makers of cigarettes and their supporters claimed that cigarettes were perfectly safe. Until they weren't.
Will Roundup be found to be perfectly safe or detrimental to human health, only persistence and time will tell.
