Urine From 80% Of Americans Contains Poison Glyphosate Used In Weedkiller
If you think the government and the EPA care about keeping you from being poisoned and eventually developing cancer, think again. Via Guardian:
More than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in a US health study contained a weedkilling chemical linked to cancer, a finding scientists have called “disturbing” and “concerning”.
The report by a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that out of 2,310 urine samples, taken from a group of Americans intended to be representative of the US population, 1,885 were laced with detectable traces of glyphosate. This is the active ingredient in herbicides sold around the world, including the widely used Roundup brand.
“I expect that the realization that most of us have glyphosate in our urine will be disturbing to many people,” said Lianne Sheppard, professor at the University of Washington’s department of environmental and occupational health sciences.
Uhh, yeah.
Despite all the studies and lawsuits proving that Roundup and glyphosate causes cancer, the EPA continues to lie and cover for conglomerate Bayer, which now owns and produces the poison after buying Monsanto in 2018.
Given that Bayer/Monsanto’s Roundup is used on virtually everything we eat, it seems the only way to avoid it is to grow your own food. Or, maybe we could just stop eating. In the long run, that would be healthier.
More than 200 million pounds of glyphosate are used annually by US farmers on their fields. The weedkiller is sprayed directly over genetically engineered crops such as corn and soybeans, and also over non-genetically engineered crops such as wheat and oats as a desiccant to dry crops out prior to harvest. Many farmers also use it on fields before the growing season, including spinach growers and almond producers. It is considered the most widely used herbicide in history.
[Guardian: Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples]
