Roundup May Be the Most Harmful Chemical in the Environment

Monsanto’s Roundup is the most commonly used herbicide in the world. Monsanto insists that it is minimally toxic. However, a new study disagrees, instead concluding that Roundup may be “the most biologically disruptive chemical in our environment”. . . .

The researchers call, the active ingredient in Roundup, a “text book example” of “the disruption of homeostatsis by environmental toxins”. Glyphosate inhibits cytochrome P450 enzymes and, therefore, inhibits our bodies’ ability to detoxify toxins. Because of this harmful action, glyphosate “enhances the damaging effects of other food borne chemical residues and environmental toxins”.

The practical effect of all this, according to the researchers, is that using Roundup as a herbicide on crops could contribute to a huge number of health conditions, including cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, ADHD, autism, ALS, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, depression and infertility.

This study adds to the evidence of the benefits of eating organic.

Entropy 2013;15:1416-1463