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    Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers’ Breast Milk

    I wonder if Monsanto supplies vitamins with their herbicide?

    World’s Number 1 Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers’ Breast Milk


    • Pilot study shows build-up of glyphosate herbicide in Mothers’ bodies
    • Urine testing shows glyphosate levels over 10 times higher than in Europe
    • Initial testing shows Monsanto and Global regulatory bodies are wrong regarding bio-accumulation of glyphosate, leading to serious public health concerns
    • Testing commissioners urge USDA and EPA to place temporary ban on all use of Glyphosate-based herbicides to protect public health, until further more comprehensive testing of glyphosate in breast milk is completed.
    In the first ever testing on glyphosate herbicide in the breast milk of American women, Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse have found ‘high’ levels in 3 out of the 10 samples tested. The shocking results point to glyphosate levels building up in women’s bodies over a period of time, which has until now been refuted by both global regulatory authorities and the biotech industry.




    The levels found in the breast milk testing of 76 ug/l to 166 ug/l are 760 to 1600 times higher than the European Drinking Water Directive allows for individual pesticides. They are however less than the 700 ug/l maximum contaminant level (MCL) for glyphosate in the U.S., which was decided upon by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) based on the now seemingly false premise that glyphosate was not bio-accumulative.


    Glyphosate-containing herbicides are the top-selling herbicides in the world and are sold under trademarks such as Monsanto’s ‘Roundup’. Monsanto’s sales of Roundup jumped 73 percent to $371 million in 2013 because of its increasing use on genetically engineered crops (GE Crops).


    The glyphosate testing (1) commissioned by Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse also analyzed 35 urine samples and 21 drinking water samples from across the US and found levels in urine that were over 10 times higher than those found in a similar survey done in the EU by Friends of the Earth Europe in 2013.


    The initial testing that has been completed at Microbe Inotech Labs, St. Louis, Missouri, is not meant to be a full scientific study. Instead it was set up to inspire and initiate full peer-reviewed scientific studies on glyphosate, by regulatory bodies and independent scientists worldwide.

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    This article discusses a Canadian study. I imagine US babies have more of the toxins.

    TORONTO - Detectable levels of a large number of environmental chemicals have been found in the cord blood of some newborns, raising concerns that Canadian children already carry toxins in their bodies at birth, a report says.

    The report by Environmental Defence released Wednesday suggests babies are exposed to chemicals in the womb because pollutants are so pervasive both in the environment and in widely used consumer products.

    "This is evidence that our babies — who are extremely vulnerable — are being burdened with a toxic chemical load before they are born," said Maggie MacDonald, the organization's toxics program manager.
    Because a growing fetus is going through rapid cell division, exposure to chemicals is particularly worrisome, since some compounds mimic the effects of hormones that help drive development of the brain, organs and other tissues of the body, the group said.

    Environmental Defence tested the umbilical cord blood of three anonymous newborns in Toronto and Hamilton, finding a total of 137 chemicals overall. The number of toxins in each baby's cord blood ranged from 55 to 121.
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    In 20 years or so we'll see if it has an effect on American citizens. They can work with that problem along with Global Warming.


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    Breastfeeding mothers should monitor calcium intake...

    Mothers urged to watch calcium
    Wed, May 25, 2016 - DAILY INTAKE: National Taiwan University Hospital physician Chiu Wei-yih said that breastfeeding mothers should take 1,000mg to 2,500mg of calcium per day
    Although rare, some new mothers can develop osteoporosis or bone fractures due to loss of calcium through breastfeeding, National Taiwan University Hospital doctors said on Monday. A 38-year-old woman surnamed Chen, who at the time was 153cm tall and weighed 47kg, gave birth to her first child last year and began breastfeeding, but reported back pain and a hunch, and was measured as 10cm shorter a few months later, the hospital said. Chen was diagnosed with osteoporosis and eight spinal compression fractures.

    Chiu Wei-yih, an attending physician in the Internal Medicine Department who treated Chen, said that if a baby drinks about 700ml of breast milk per day, it would remove about 200ml of calcium from the mother, while she would lose about 100ml of calcium in her urine per day. Therefore, the mother’s total loss of calcium would be more than the estimated 150ml taken in from food per day, Chiu said. He said that if mothers neglect their calcium intake, breastfeeding can cause reduced bone density, increased risk of osteoporosis and loss of height.

    Tsai Keh-sung, a professor in the department, said mothers start providing calcium for the fetus from conception, while hormonal changes mean they absorb more calcium through the digestive tract. However, breastfeeding mothers will lose bone density rapidly if they do not consume sufficient calcium, he said, adding that in the past two years the hospital has treated five young mothers who had spinal compression fractures and loss of bone density due to breastfeeding.

    Chiu said that although such cases are rare — about five in 200,000 — breastfeeding mothers should consume about 1,000mg to 2,500mg of calcium and 10mg to 50mg of vitamin D per day. Yang Rong-sen, an attending physician in the Department of Orthopedics, said mothers who have thinner bones, slender body types — a body mass index of less than 18 — or have more than one baby at a time face an increased risk of osteoporosis from breastfeeding. He urged pregnant women or women who have recently given birth to seek medical advice if they experience frequent back or waist pains or notice their height decreasing.

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    Granny says, "Dat's right - money talks an' b.s. walks

    Weed killer glyphosate wins five-year approval in EU vote
    Nov. 27, 2017 -- The European Union voted to grant controversial weed killer ingredient glyphosate a new, five-year lease Monday.
    With glyphosate's registration set to expire in December, an EU appeal committee voted to extend glyphosate's lease for five years, a third the length of the typical 15-year lease. A petition by 1.3 million EU citizens called for glyphosate to be banned after the herbicide was declared "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2015. "The guidelines maintained by [the European Chemicals Agency] would easily classify this compound as a group 1B carcinogen and, as such, it should be banned for use in Europe," IARC advisor Chris Portier said following the decision.

    Glyphosate is used in weed-killing products such as Monsanto's Roundup. The National Farmers Union says the herbicide is used in practices it views as environmentally friendly. "Glyphosate reduces the need to use other herbicides, it helps to protect soil and cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the need for ploughing, and it enables farmers in this country to grow crops that help produce safe, affordable, high-quality British food," the union's vice-president, Guy Jenkins, said.


    A European Union appeal committee voted to extend the lease of the weed killer glyphosate for five years on Monday

    A total of 18 EU states voted in favor of extending glyphosate's lease, while nine voted against and one abstained in the vote weighted by each member state's population. "Today's vote shows that when we all want to, we are able to share and accept our collective responsibility in decision making," EU health commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said.

    Following the decision French President Emmanuel Macron called for government officials to establish a plan to ban glyphosate in France within three years. Traces of glyphosate have been found in tests of foodstuffs, water, topsoil and human urine, according to the Detox Project, an organization that allows people to test themselves for traces of the chemical compound. "The people who are supposed to protect us from dangerous pesticides have failed to do their jobs and betrayed the trust Europeans place in them," Greenpeace EU food policy director Franziska Achterberg said.

    https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-N...1791511827024/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Rockatansky View Post
    In 20 years or so we'll see if it has an effect on American citizens. They can work with that problem along with Global Warming.

    Your talking about an industry that caused the lawmakers to call taking pics on a factory farm "terrorism". They sure as hell won't be detered by a little tainted breast milk. Just wait to see what's in the kid's body when they directly and indirectly eat way toooo much corn and wheat. Although I did think the Europeons were a bit smarter than we are about this kind of thing. Looks like I was wrong.
    The more gloabal the government the easier for large scale megacorps to buy it.
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    The EU also has identified
    glyphosate as a carcinogen.
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    Corporations run America today through lobbying and dark money politics, and Americans vote for the very people who benefit from the money. For anyone who wants to read a complex, fair assessment of the situation and the whys, check out link. Excerpt below.

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    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    Corporations run America today through lobbying and dark money politics, and Americans vote for the very people who benefit from the money. For anyone who wants to read a complex, fair assessment of the situation and the whys, check out link. Excerpt below.

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    This split has widened because the right has moved right, not because the left has moved left. Republican presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford all supported the Equal Rights Amendment. In 1960, the GOP platform embraced "free collective bargaining" between management and labor. Republicans boasted of "extending the minimum wage to several million more workers" and "strengthening the unemployment insurance system and extension of its benefits." Under Dwight Eisenhower, top earners were taxed at 91 percent; in 2015, it was 40 percent. Planned Parenthood has come under serious attack from nearly all Republican presidential candidates running in 2016. Yet a founder of the organization was Peggy Goldwater, wife of the 1968 conservative Republican candidate for president Barry Goldwater . . General Eisenhower called for massive investment in infrastructure, and now nearly all congressional Republicans see such a thing as frightening government overreach. Ronald Reagan raised the national debt and favored gun control, and now the Republican state legislature of Texas authorizes citizens to "open carry" loaded guns into churches and banks. Conservatives of yesterday seem moderate or liberal today."


    The far right now calls for cuts in entire segments of the federal government-the Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce, and Interior, for example. In January 2015, fifty-eight House Republicans voted to abolish the Internal Revenue Service. Some Republican congressional candidates call for abolishing all public schools. In March 2015, the Republican dominated U.S. Senate voted 51 to 49 in support of an amendment to a budget resolution to sell or give away all non-military federal lands other than national monuments and national parks. This would include forests, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas. In 1970, not a single U.S. senator opposed the Clean Air Act. joined by ninety-five Republican congressmen, Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, one of the most polluted states in the union, has called for the end of the Environmental Protection Agency." pages 6/7


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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    The EU also has identified
    glyphosate as a carcinogen.
    On a sketchy study involving tumor prone rats. Not saying it isn't an issue, just that it is a little suspect. The problem may not be the chemical, but how the chemical is being used. More specifically, a lot of farmers are using it as part of harvest as opposed to weed control so that they have less waste in the grainfields. They will overspray to kill the plants a few days before harvest so all the grain in a field is uniformly harvestable when otherwise the whole field may not be ready to be harvested.

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