And THIS is how herbicides affect humans. This should be of special interest to parents of small children, mothers to be or already nursing, as roundup is detected in breast milk. Interestingly, your gut bacteria are a key component of glyphosate’s mechanism of harm. Monsanto has steadfastly claimed that Roundup is harmless to animals and humans because the mechanism of action it uses (which allows it to kill weeds), called the shikimate pathway, is absent in all animals. However, the shikimate pathway IS present in bacteria, and that’s the key to understanding how it causes such widespread systemic harm in both humans and animals. The bacteria in your body outnumber your cells by 10 to 1. For every cell in your body, you have 10 microbes of various kinds, and all of them have the shikimate pathway, so they will all respond to the presence of glyphosate! Read the entire article. articles.mercola/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/09/monsanto-roundup-herbicide.aspx
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:47:54 +0000
Trending Topics
© 2015