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IARC Monographs Volume 112-evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans” in 2015.

Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is widely present in the U.S. food supply. According to a news report, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “has had trouble finding any food that does not carry traces of the pesticide.” Despite decades-long use of glyphosate, the FDA only recently started testing for the chemical’s presence in food.

A series of articles by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff explains glyphosate’s relationship to many modern diseases. Many other articles and presentations by Dr. Seneff are available at her website: https://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/

Glyphosate’s suppression of cytochrome P450 enzymes and amino acid biosynthesis by the gut microbiome: pathways to modern diseases.

Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance

Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases III: manganese, neurological diseases, and associated pathologies

Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases IV: cancer and related pathologies

Glyphosate pathways to modern diseases V: amino acid analogue of glycine in diverse proteins

Glyphosate pathways to modern diseases VI: prions, amyloidoses and autoimmune neurological diseases

This article states, “Most disturbing is the presence of glyphosate in many popular vaccines including the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, which we have verified here for the first time.”

Vaccines and Glyphosate: A Toxic Combination

A comparison of temporal trends in United States autism prevalence to trends in suspected environmental factors

This article reports that temporal trends for glyphosate use in agriculture correlate positively to the rise in autism (see Figure 6). Glyphosate “could be interacting in recent years with other toxins to drive up the prevalence of U.S. autism.”