New Study: Monsanto’s Herbicides are Breeding Super Bugs
Fueling multiple antibiotic-resistant superbugs
antibiotic resistance
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had classified glyphosate, the United States’ most widely used herbicide chemical, as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” As if we need another reason to ban Roundup (which contains glyphosate), there is now evidence that the chemicals in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide also cause antibiotic resistance in harmful bacteria like Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
The study abstract states:
“Increasingly common chemicals…can induce a multiple-antibiotic resistance phenotype in potential pathogens. The effect occurs upon simultaneous exposure to antibiotics and is faster than the lethal effect of antibiotics. The magnitude of the induced response may undermine antibiotic therapy and substantially increase the probability of spontaneous mutation to higher levels of resistance.
The combination of high use of both herbicides and antibiotics in proximity to farm animals and important insects, such as honeybees, might also compromise their therapeutic effects and drive greater use of antibiotics. To address the crisis of antibiotic resistance requires broadening our view of environmental contributors to the evolution of resistance.”
Along with commercial formulations of the herbicides Dicamba, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, glyphosate was shown by researchers to induce an adaptive multiple-antibiotic resistance phenotype.
The abstract also says:
“Killing curves in the presence and absence of sublethal herbicide concentrations showed that the directions and the magnitudes of responses varied by herbicide, antibiotic, and species. When induced, MICs of antibiotics of five different classes changed up to 6-fold.”
The authors say that while many herbicides are tested for toxicity, most are ignored at “sublethal’ levels. This may be ‘lethal’ to human health. Why?
The multitude of chemicals being used in our agricultural fields, gardens, parks, golf courses, and public green spaces can produce a multiple-antibiotic resistance. Giovannoni states:
“The effect occurs upon simultaneous exposure to antibiotics and is faster than the lethal effect of antibiotics. The magnitude of the induced response may undermine antibiotic therapy and substantially increase the probability of spontaneous mutation to higher levels of resistance. The combination of high use of both herbicides and antibiotics in proximity to farm animals and important insects, such as honeybees, might also compromise their therapeutic effects and drive greater use of antibiotics. To address the crisis of antibiotic resistance requires broadening our view of environmental contributors to the evolution of resistance.”
Professor of genetics at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, Jack Heineman, explains that the herbicides are not killing dangerous bacteria like E.coli and Salmonella because they are not killed outright at the levels typically used to kill unwanted plants in a field.
While some weeds may be killed off (but not always, since farmers have reported the presence of super weeds after using these same chemicals), the bacteria stay alive while activating proteins known as efflux pumps in order to rid themselves of toxins. And this defense mechanism can make the bacteria develop resistance to the threat from which it is defending itself.
Why are these chemicals still being allowed by multiple governments? The reasons they are not currently banned are certainly not based on scientific evidence.
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First of all johnny, gmos have been around here for a lot more than thirteen years. Secondly, yields have increased, especially since the us is coming off of two consecutive record breaking years. Why lie?
Wrong
Prove it, and while you are at it Johnny boy tell us what kind of government we have.
Wrong…..again Bobo
Yes I know your wrong Johnny and so does everyone else. We also know you don’t have a clue about what kind of government we have.
No need to comment on this one folks – nothing of value here.
Missed the point as usual Bobo
I’m sorry Johnny if I get time I will draw you pictures then. Maybe if I get down on your level you will be able to get the point. In the meantime why don’t you tell us what kind of government why have Johnny Bisquick.
GM in Canada – lessons learnt
Thirteen years ago when GM soya and rapeseed was introduced in Canada (and in the US) the Corporations and Government told farmers that GM would increase yields, be more nutritious, use less chemicals, and feed a hungry world. Now we will always have a sustainable agriculture, they
claimed. The Canadian Department of Agriculture figures states canola yields have decreased at least ten percent and soya at least fifteen percent [4], but worst of all, farmers are using three to five times more chemicals because of the GM superweeds that have developed. The reality is that the nutritional content of all crops are down fifty percent of what they were before GMOs were introduced and now we have less yields and more chemicals used, exactly the opposite of what Monsanto promised.
Percy Schmeiser said, “Once you introduce GMOs, believe me the days of organic farmers are over, the days of the conventional farmer are over, it all becomes GMOs in a matter of a few years.” In addition, he said, there is no such thing as containment, you cannot contain pollen flow. It doesn’t matter if contamination is by seeds blowing in the wind, or by bees, or by farmers transporting their seeds to market, or so on. Ultimately, farmers, growers and consumers will no longer have a
choice because despite Monsanto’s promise that farmers will have choice, they won’t because it’s absolutely impossible for organic and conventional farming to co-exist with GM crops.
What would be funny is if they would ever actually ban glyphosate, to see what you would blame all of your problems in life on then.
We live in a toxic world. I’d love to back to the days when bugs were swimming in my granny’s cereal, water just had chlorine, and real clouds were in the skies. The only thing I had to worry about was eating snow with fall out! It took a life time to get things this screwed up. Take twice that to unscrew it.
What happened when Bobo Roberts was challenged to drink a glass of glyphosate?
http://farmwars.info/?p=14001
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Still don’t have anything meaningful to add to the discussion Johnny? Not surprising since you can’t even figure out what type of government we have.
I just gave you an answer earlier, we corrupt government that is bought and paid for by these corporations, dimwit.
You the people voted for these dimwits so just blame yourself.
You’re an idiot, I have never voted those psychopaths in office, the voting system is rigged, hacked and handpicked by these powerful elites.
Oh yes the conspiracy theory again. Anything you don’t agree with is rigged whether it is research you don’t agree with or an election that didn’t go your way. Tell me if gmos go away what will you blame all of your lifes problems on? Sounds like you need them more than you realize.
You have just got to come up with some more original troll material. Did you fail Monsanto’s 101 course on trolling?
Lol once again having trouble with the truth bisquick? Oh well you have the rest of your life to get use to gmos being here.
Have you figured out how to google what countries aren’t importing our poison corn yet, Robbie? And you are so wrong to think GMOs are producing bigger yields! Try reading something other than Monsanto’s bs!
Haven’t read anything from monsanto in along time sorry. What I do know is that we have had record yields the last two years. The local river port is also loading barges for export as fast as they can. Funny we are over ninety percent gmos and nobody wants it but it keeps disappearing. As far as your countries are concerned, I really don’t even care. Europe and China both take our corn and China takes about every soybean we care to export. On top of that we send a huge amount of gmo product to Japan as well so the few trivial countries you speak of doesn’t really matter.
Your The local river is also loaded with GMOs and pestiherbicides
No it is polluted by the industries dumping waste into it. Since glyphosate and gmo soil applied pesticides are at a minimum which means less runoff into the waterways Johnny. Turn the light on for a change and get out of the dark. While you are at it tell us what kind of a government we have Bisquick.
Yes quite amazing – well thank you for admitting there is runoff damage from millions of pounds of GMO and glyphosate. Now let’s on working on that -we’ll turn you into a realist instead of a dreamer in no time.
I say no you say yes, wake up johnny boy. Tell us what kind of government we have here.
No need to comment on this one folks – nothing of value here
Never any real value in any of your comments johnny. Now tell us what kind of government we have.
Sorry to disappoint you but China DOESN’T take our corn! End of discussion w/you! You know nothing!! Goodbye…..
They imported 47,000 tons in 2008 that was up to 5 million tons in 2013 making the the third largest importer of US corn. At the time 15 gmo corn varieties were approved by China. In 2014 they started rejecting US corn and corn by products due to an unapproved gmo made by Syngenta. Syngenta submitted it for approval in 2010, but China did nothing. Corn exports to China dropped 85 %. However, China did recently approve the variety and started importing back to former levels. They are also the largest importer of US soybeans. Those are my facts lets here yours.
No GMOs for me I want to live a healthy disease free life.
LOL if the truth be known you have most likely had gmos before.
Prove your fantasy claim please again. It seems you know more about me than you do about the company your bosses work for.
Sounds like I know more about you than you do about me. I tell you about myself and you still can’t figure it out. Sad to be as dumb as you Johnny boy. Now tell us what kind of government we have Johnny the gmo eater.
No comment necessary here. Come to think of it – no intelligent life here either – just a troll trying to gain favour with his bosses at Consanto
I agree no intelligent life at home inside of johnny! Tell us what kind of government we have Johnny boy.
Then you are an idiot because your head is far up in your ass! Lol! It’s already have been investigated about these electronic voting system is rigged and manipulated, as it was testified in the COURT, moron. GMO days is numbered and losing war against natural food, dimwit.
I have never once said how you should live, you are the only one trying to dictate that. You seem to be a control freak. When you feel out of control, like when you don’t agree with a vote against labeling (which has happened every time an entire state has gotten to vote on it), then it must be the work of a wicked conspiracy. Gmos are here to stay, and you can’t tell enough lies to stop them.
No, you are an idiot because you’ve seems to be out of touch of reality. People needs to know what’s in those food and it’s no different than having a list of ingredients on every label. Get a life and get a real education, too.
GMO is losing because people are waking up about the danger of food is being genetically alter. There is a college professor from TCU, he explained the purpose of GMO food is create population control by making human age prematurely. How does he knows about all this stuff? He work with and study the GMO engineering. GMO food will cause heredity disease in humans because when these foods added with 15 to 20 insects genes, human liver and pig genes in them, and it will cause problem in human genome. So it’s all about human population control.
After reading your grammar and hearing you conspiracy thoughts, I would say population control came a little late on this one. The only thing even worth adding is on your gene count. The roundup ready gene is one gene, not many, same as the insect resistance. At most today a kernel of smart stax corn has seven or eight gmo genes, so about half of what t you think. As for your label, everything is there for a scientific reason, fat content, calories even the ingredients for allergies. There is zero scientific reason for labeling gmos. Corn is corn.
GMO corn is genetically alter and it’s not the same as a natural one and it is design to repel insects and change DNA in humans. So you are wrong on this one. It is AGENDA 21 plan now, it is in force now. That has been said by another scientist, years ago, who work on genetic engineer on plant base foods and animals, he then said “You all going die,” and he started laugh about it. He knows what is the purpose of GMO foods really is, it’s about sterilize human populations and cause diseases, and that is the fact! Have you heard genetically alter Salmons by adding these insect’s genes? IT is called chimera. Like these GMO corns are chimera. All these GMO things will cause human heredity disease, so that can’t be denied nor can’t make that stuff up either.
There is less difference in a non gmo corn and its gmo counterpart than in two different non gmo varieties. So no I’m right again on that one.
I did like your quote that a scientist said . . . I think I seen him on phineas and ferb on the Disney channel today! lol. You can’t be serious. Give someone a quote but accidentliy leave out the name? Can’t you lie better than that?
You are so stupid because you haven’t got a common sense here. Lol! No, I’m not making this stuff up about this scientist because he part of the NWO agenda, idiot. It’s all on the record. I don’t remember the name of this scientist because it’s been a long while back. You can always use the search engine to find out, if you are so intelligent enough to do so. Lol!
How convienent that you can’t remember, now you wish to send me on a wild goose chase to find it? No thank you. With over eighty five percent of all scientists supporting gmo safety, that leaves fifteen percent kooks like the one you can’t remember. It is also funny how you have given up on your feeble attempt to prove gmo nutritionally different from non gmo. That’s strike two.
Sorry, we’re not that stupid enough to believe your statement, and about 85% of scientist support GMO. Please provide the list of 85% of scientist support GMO. You have not won any of it yet, fool. I just tell you the fact that these GMO foods are really for HUMAN depopulation and to cause infertility like it happen to these farm animals. So these farmers have rejecting GMO feeds for their livestock and switch it to NON-GMO feeds and their livestock got better healthier and happier, moron. So you are a stupid liar. Here is a psychopath who is happen to be Dr. Patrick Moore is Monsatan lobbyist who try to convince us that the ROUNDUP is safe to drink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbHZztCICkc and about Rockefeller who finance with his million of dollars to create Eugenic program to depopulate human with GMO foods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZsazm0VCXA
We didn’t vote you in here but we certainly would like to vote you off this board.
Can handle the truth can you johnny? I’m here to stay!! If you knew what kind of government we had then you might accept the opposition, instead you think only your twisted views should be allowed.
One more nail in Consanto’s coffin.