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ROUNDUP weedkiller. The study thus showed that glyphosate is TOXIC to human PLACENTAL cells, KILLING a large proportion of them after 18 hours of exposure at concentrations below that in agricultural use, this, they suggest, could explain the high levels of PREMATURE births and MISCARRIAGES observed among women farmers in the US using glyphosate,
New studies show that ROUNDUP, one of the most commen herbicides used worldwide for crops and backyard gardens can have harmful health effects. New studies from both sides of the Atlantic revealed that Roundup, the most widely used weedkiller in the world, can be harmful.
They warn that since glyphosate is used worldwide, its residues may thus enter the FOOD chain. and glyphosate is found as a contaminant in RIVERS,The use of Roundup has gone up especially in countries growing Roundup-tolerant (GM) crops engineered by Monsanto, who also produces the herbicide. It eliminates all other plants except the GM crops that are genetically engineered to be tolerant to it. Although the Roundup patent expired in September 2000, Monsanto is able to keep a captive and growing market for its weedkiller because the crops concerned are engineered to tolerate only Roundup. Roundup was used to control algee, it was found that Roundup, although a herbicide, actually increased the around of algee==ae in the pond because it killed most of the frogs.
This is like killing all the cows in a field and seeing that the fields has more grass in it- not because you made the grass grow better, but because you killed everything that eats grass'.
http://www.biosafety-info.net/article.php?aid=267 8/05/2008