Glyphosate: What You Don’t Know Might Be Killing You
Source: nourishingliberty.com
If you aren’t already convinced of the dangers of glyphosate, the chemical found in the herbicide Roundup, and the merits of avoiding GMO foods, a recent study puts another nail in the glyphosate coffin.
I avoid GMOs not just because of the dangers of eating Genetically Modified Organisms, but also because of the high levels of glyphosate used on those foods.
Published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, this study shows a clear link between glyphosate and fatal kidney disease.
Not only that, in Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka, researchers explore the hypothesis that glyphosate interacts with other environmental factors to cause the deadliness of this disease.
Q: Do Other Factors Increase the Toxicity of Glyphosate?
This study looked at geographically isolated data, studying primarily farming populations in Sri Lanka. These populations had multiple other factors present, among them high levels of arsenic and other specific elements, hard water, high ambient temperatures.
Researchers determined that, yes, other factors increase the toxicity of glyphosate.
Q: What Are Those “Other Factors”?
It might be easy for those of us living in different environs to dismiss this study as being irrelevant to our lives. However, based on the evidence, this could prove to be a dangerous assumption.
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