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Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's, infertility and cancers, according to a new study.
The peer-reviewed report, published last
week in the scientific journal Entropy, said evidence indicates that
residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer,
which is sprayed over millions of acres of crops, has been found in
food.
Those residues enhance the damaging
effects of other food-borne chemical residues and toxins in the
environment to disrupt normal body functions and induce disease,
according to the report, authored by Stephanie Seneff, a research
scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Anthony
Samsel, a retired science consultant from Arthur D. Little, Inc. Samsel
is a former private environmental government contractor as well as a
member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
"Negative impact on the body is insidious
and manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems
throughout the body," the study says.
We "have hit upon something very important that needs to be taken seriously and further investigated," Seneff said.
Environmentalists, consumer groups and
plant scientists from several countries have warned that heavy use of
glyphosate is causing problems for plants, people and animals.
The EPA is conducting a standard
registration review of glyphosate and has set a deadline of 2015 for
determining if glyphosate use should be limited. The study is among many
comments submitted to the agency.
Monsanto is the developer of both Roundup
herbicide and a suite of crops that are genetically altered to
withstand being sprayed with the Roundup weed killer.
These biotech crops, including corn,
soybeans, canola and sugarbeets, are planted on millions of acres in the
United States annually. Farmers like them because they can spray
Roundup weed killer directly on the crops to kill weeds in the fields
without harming the crops.
Roundup is also popularly used on lawns, gardens and golf courses.
Monsanto and other leading industry
experts have said for years that glyphosate is proven safe, and has a
less damaging impact on the environment than other commonly used
chemicals.
Jerry Steiner, Monsanto's executive vice
president of sustainability, reiterated that in a recent interview when
questioned about the study.
"We are very confident in the long track record that glyphosate has. It has been very, very extensively studied," he said.
Of the more than two dozen top herbicides
on the market, glyphosate is the most popular. In 2007, as much as 185
million pounds of glyphosate was used by U.S. farmers, double the amount
used six years ago, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
data.
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