Roundup Ingredient Causes Birth Defects

Argentinian Study Finds Roundup Ingredient Causes Birth Defects


August 22, 2012

Source: Natural Society - Elizabeth Renter



A study out of Buenos Aires has found that glyphosate, an herbicide
created by Monsanto, and used on GMO soy in Argentina, could cause birth
defects in unborn children. The most interesting thing about this
revelation is that the herbicide known as glyphosate in Argentina, is
also known to be connected with Roundup in the U.S.

Roundup Ingredient Shown to Cause Birth Defects

According to the Latin American Herald Tribune, researchers with the
National Council for Scientific and Technical Research conducted the
study on amphibian embryos. The lead researcher says their results are “completely comparable to what would happen in the development of a human embryo.”

The noteworthy thing is that there are no studies of embryos on the world level and none where glyphosate is injected into embryos,” said professor Andres Carrasco, one of the lead authors of the study.

The amounts shown to cause birth defects were said to be much lower than those levels used in fumigations. However,
it’s important to note that the glyphosate was injected directly into
the fetuses, not administered via food products, as it would be in
humans.

Still, it’s possible, because our food feeds our cells, which in turn
would feed an embryo, that digestion of foods containing the chemical
would have similar, though perhaps not as dramatic effects. And of
course this isn’t the only time glyphosate and Monsanto’s Roundup has been shown to cause birth defects.

GMO soy is Argentina’s leading crop. They are the world’s third
largest exporter, and they use between 180 and 200 million liters of
glyphosate annually. In agricultural regions, where the spraying of this Monsanto chemical is common, numerous cancers have shown up that are being associated with it.

A district called Ituzaingo, outside of Cordoba, has seen about 300
cancer cases in the last eight years. This district houses only about
5,000 people.

<blockquote>“In communities like Ituzaingo it’s already too late, but we have to
have a preventative system, to demand that the companies give us
security frameworks and, above all, to have very strict regulations for
fumigation, which nobody is adhering to out of ignorance or greed,” said
Carrasco.
</blockquote>Carrasco, and others, are calling on the government of Argentina to
fund more in-depth research into the effects of glyphosate on humans. He
says, “The companies say that drinking a glass of glysophate is
healthier than drinking a glass of milk, but the fact is that they’ve
used us as guinea pigs.”


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