Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide, and contaminates much of our food and water supply. In the U.S., there’s a good chance it’s not only present on your dinner plate, but in your bloodstream as well. Because the U.K. and E.U. aren’t quite so cozy with Monsanto, they aren’t as accustomed to finding remnants of the poison in their foods. But a recent investigation found two of the top British brands have the weedkiller inside.
As reported in The Ecologist, Jordans brand cereal bars and Warburtons brand bread products are quite popular, and both registered traces of glyphosate in a recent analysis. Of those tested, 100% of the Jordans bars and 85% of the Warburtons products contained the pesticide. The levels of contamination were “well below” the maximum residue levels in the E.U., but they are still cause for concern.
According to researchers Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff, writing in the journal Entropy, there is plenty to be concerned about:
“Glyphosate’s inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes is an overlooked component of its toxicity to mammals. CYP enzymes play crucial roles in biology, one of which is to detoxify xenobiotics. Thus, glyphosate enhances the damaging effects of other food borne chemical residues and environmental toxins.
Negative impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body. Here, we show how interference with CYP enzymes acts synergistically with disruption of the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids by gut bacteria, as well as impairment in serum sulfate transport.
Consequences are most of the diseases and conditions associated with a Western diet, which include gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.”
We often think of Roundup as only being used on genetically modified crops—something that’s not approved for growing in the U.K., at least not for humans. But, Roundup is also used on fields before conventional crops are planted, to kill off weeds already present. This is how glyphosate may be getting into the British food supply despite their safeguards.
What makes the glyphosate especially dangerous is the other ingredients within Roundup, the ingredients Monsanto has worked diligently to keep a secret. These “inert” ingredients make the poison even more toxic. A two-year study involving rats and the consumption of Monsanto’s cocktails revealed what these closely-guarded ingredients are, and scientists say they work to increase the toxicity and cancer-causing effects of the already-problematic glyphosate.
One groundbreaking study has found that glyphosate is responsible for fueling breast cancer by increasing the number of breast cancer cells through cell growth and cell division. The effects are so potent, in fact, that the cancer cell proliferation is driven even when we’re talking about Roundup in the parts-per-trillion (PPT) range. Other research from Argentina found that glyphosate supports the growth of cancer-causing fungi.
Even countries working hard to keep Monsanto’s toxins out are finding it increasingly difficult. From crop contamination to “trace” glyphosate, the GMO-giant is slowly making its way into every country, town, and home.
It is time that the world bands together Against Monsanto and the “United States” and DEMAND or FORCE repercussions and reprimands.
That is right, I said FORCE!
BY FORCE good shall be done unto the world, we have no other options anymore you cannot talk sense into these maniacs at Monsanto and in the corrupt corporatized “US Government” which is basically just an organized crime ring of barbarians and buffoons who only care about a value-less currency that human beings MADE UP!
Don’t even get started talking about their evil plots to depopulate the world, with their ignorant idea that they will somehow survive and remake it in their image. What a bunch of fools.
Monsanto Must Be Destroyed, Period, By Any Means Possible and at All Costs.
All Employee’s, Politicians, CEO’s shall be held accountable and Punished for their Attacks on All Life on the Planet.
And None shall stand in the way of True Justice.
None.
There is only one way to go after this company.
Cut off the head of the snake. If it regrows repeat the above process until they get the message that there are severe consequences for poisoning us.
Reality of Truth, I totally agree with you. I have been saying the same thing for a very long time. Governments all over the world have to be FORCED to listen to the people.
I’ve always said that Terrorists are not only the terrorists in the Middle East who our soldiers have been fighting and losing their lives fighting for our freedom, hoping to put an end to terrorism. The true Terrorists are the Politicians who are elected by honest people like ourselves. We elect them believing that these Politicans will look after the best interests of their Citizens, the very people who have elected them. What a let-down. Our Governments, our Politicians are the True Terrorists!
What an evil country/government america is. Pushing their poison all round the earth, forcing it on everyone and we don’t even want it.
It will come around,
and it will haunt them.