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MIT
Researcher: Glyphosate Herbicide will Cause Half of All Children to
Have Autism by 2025
Half of All Children Will Be Autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT
28
February, 2015
Why?
Evidence points to glyphosate toxicity from the overuse of Monsanto’s
Roundup herbicide on our food.
For
over three decades, Stephanie Seneff, PhD, has researched biology and
technology, over the years publishing over
170 scholarly peer-reviewed articles.
In recent years she has concentrated on the relationship between
nutrition and health, tackling such topics as Alzheimer’s, autism,
and cardiovascular diseases, as well as the impact of nutritional
deficiencies and environmental toxins on human health.
At
a [recent] conference, in a special panel discussion about GMOs, she
took the audience by surprise when she declared, “At
today’s rate, by 2025, one in two children will be autistic.” She
noted that the side effects of autism closely mimic those of
glyphosate toxicity, and presented data showing a remarkably
consistent correlation between
the use of Roundup on crops (and the creation of Roundup-ready GMO
crop seeds) with rising rates of autism. Children with autism have
biomarkers indicative of excessive glyphosate, including zinc and
iron deficiency, low serum sulfate, seizures, and mitochondrial
disorder.
A
fellow panelist reported that
after Dr. Seneff’s presentation, “All of the 70 or so people in
attendance were squirming, likely because they now had serious
misgivings about serving their kids, or themselves, anything with
corn or soy, which are nearly all genetically modified and thus
tainted with Roundup and its glyphosate.”
Dr.
Seneff noted the ubiquity of glyphosate’s use. Because it is used
on corn and soy, all soft drinks and candies sweetened with corn
syrup and all chips and cereals that contain soy fillers have small
amounts of glyphosate in them, as do our beef and poultry since
cattle and chicken are fed GMO corn or soy. Wheat is often sprayed
with Roundup just prior to being harvested, which means that all
non-organic bread and wheat products would also be sources of
glyphosate toxicity. The amount of glyphosate in each product may not
be large, but the cumulative effect (especially with as much
processed food as Americans eat) could be devastating. A
recent study shows
that pregnant women living near farms where pesticides are applied
have a 60% increased risk of children having an autism spectrum
disorder.
Other
toxic substances may also be autism-inducing. You may recall our
story on the CDC whistleblower who
revealed the government’s deliberate concealment of the link
between the MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps, and rubella) and a
sharply increased risk of autism, particularly in African American
boys. Other
studies now show a
link between children’s exposure to pesticides and autism. Children
who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit phthalate
chemicals, are more likely to have autism. Children whose mothers
smoked were also twice as likely to have autism. Research now
acknowledges that environmental contaminants such as PCBs, PBDEs, and
mercury can alter brain neuron functioning even before a child is
born.
This
month, the USDA released
a study finding
that although there were detectable levels of pesticide residue in
more than half of food tested by the agency, 99% of samples taken
were found to be within levels the government deems safe, and 40%
were found to have no detectable trace of pesticides at all. The USDA
added, however, that due to “cost concerns,” it
did not test for residues of glyphosate. Let’s
repeat that: they
never tested for the active ingredient in the most widely used
herbicide in the world. “Cost
concerns”? How absurd—unless they mean it will cost them too much
in terms of the special relationship between the USDA and Monsanto.
You may recall the revolving door between Monsanto and the federal
government, with agency officials becoming high-paying executives—and
vice versa! Money, power, prestige: it’s all there. Monsanto and
the USDA love to scratch each others’ backs. Clearly this omission
was purposeful.
In
addition, as
we have previously reported,
the number of adverse reactions from vaccines can be correlated as
well with autism, though Seneff says it doesn’t correlate quite as
closely as with Roundup. The same correlations between applications
of glyphosate and autism show up in deaths from senility.
Of
course, autism is a complex problem with many potential causes. Dr.
Seneff’s data, however, is particularly important considering how
close the correlation is—and because it is coming from a scientist
with impeccable credentials. Earlier this year, she spoke at the
Autism One conference and presented many of the same facts; that
presentation is available
on YouTube.
Monsanto
claims that Roundup is harmless to humans. Bacteria, fungi, algae,
parasites, and plants use a seven-step metabolic route known as the
shikimate pathway for
the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids; glyphosate inhibits this
pathway, causing the plant to die, which is why it’s so effective
as an herbicide. Monsanto says humans don’t have this shikimate
pathway, so it’s perfectly safe.
Dr. Seneff points out, however, that our gut bacteria do have this pathway, and that’s crucial because these bacteria supply our body with crucial amino acids. Roundup thus kills beneficial gut bacteria, allowing pathogens to grow; interferes with the synthesis of amino acids including methionine, which leads to shortages in critical neurotransmitters and folate; chelates (removes) important minerals like iron, cobalt and manganese; and much more.
Even
worse, she
notes,
additional chemicals in Roundup are untested because they’re
classified as“inert,” yet according to a 2014 study in BioMed
Research International, these
chemicals are capable of amplifying the toxic effects of Roundup
hundreds of times over.
Glyphosate
is present in unusually high quantities in the breast milk of
American mothers, at anywhere from 760 to 1,600 times the allowable
limits in European drinking water. Urine testing shows Americans have
ten times the glyphosate accumulation as Europeans.
“In
my view, the situation is almost beyond repair,” Dr. Seneff said
after her presentation. “We need to do something drastic.”
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