There was a great guest on C2C a few nights ago, talked about lawsuits against Monsanto saying Roundup causes cancer, gave an example. Guest was Jeffrey M. Smith, very convincing. Also the huge settlement by J&J for the 30 some odd who came down with ovarian cancer from talcum powder, guess it was asbestos in it but only tangentially related to GM crops.
"n the first half, Director of the Institute for Responsible Technology and a leading spokesperson on the health dangers of genetically modified foods, Jeffrey Smith talked about the current Monsanto trial, as well as the risks of GMO foods. Monsanto faces some 5,000 lawsuits that allege that their glyphosate-containing weed killer, Roundup, causes cancer, and a US District judge decided the cases can proceed to trial. The first case involves Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former school groundskeeper, who got drenched by Roundup during an accident, and within nine months his body was covered with lesions that turned into cancer-- non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Monsanto never responded to Johnson's inquiry about whether his initial rashes were related to the chemical exposure, Smith recounted.
"Johnson is so ill that he may not even survive the trial. "If he had been told by anyone at Monsanto [about the dangers of glyphosate], he would have stopped using it," Smith added. Regarding the consumption of GMO foods, Smith believes many gastrointestinal problems are caused by them, as well as gluten sensitivity. While major food companies banned GMOs in Europe, they remain in many food products in the US, though companies like Unilever and Nestle are starting to remove them here by popular demand, he cited. Next week, Smith is kicking off an online conference about healing from GMOs and Roundup, which people can sign-up for at no cost."
https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2018/07/12
Very frightening actually, so much information.
As to growing, if you are farming in an area where all the crops are GM, there will be cross-pollinization if you are trying to grow the old way, even corn pollen travels in the wind even though corn is self-pollinating.
Recommended people get rid of Roundup in the enviro manner (centers for chemicals) and only buy (or grow) organic food.
I do have a chapter or 2 on GM, but it’s less about GM than it is about the fact that they are contaminated with residues. Most people are unaware that wheat is sprayed prodigiously with “roundup” to increase yields just before harvesting. There is no “washing” of wheat to get rid of the residues. Result: Tolerable limits set by our government. Glyphosate is very controversial. One precept is apropos: Follow the money.
Considering all the corporate sponsored research reinforcing Monsanto’s claims, their position is dubious, history being a guideline on chemicals promoted by the chemical industry.
But the real problem is not glyphosate itself, but the formulations used to apply it to crops.
https://www.gmoseralini.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mesnageal.TOX_2012.pdf
As well, there’s the matter of cancer actually being caused by a breakdown in our immune system. Considering that our gut is the heart of our immune system and glyphosate is likely toxic to the microbiome, there’s merit to linking glyphosate, its formulations and cancer.
I wrote prior about choices being much more than just a ‘diet’; consideration of all the chemicals we’re exposed to in modern society, there’s a strong correlation between disease and said chemicals. There’s an interesting story about lead arsenate being used 100 years ago for pest control and triggering an immune response in humans which was later labeled Polio. Once lead arsenate was discontinued, the incidence Polio dropped like a rock.
Roosevelt was perhaps the most famous adult to have contracted Polio, ironically not long after visiting Campobello and swimming in a local watering hole contaminated with lead arsenate runoff and eating blueberries awash with the same compound.
http://harvoa.org/polio/fdr.htm
It is distinctly-ironic to have arguments with Conservatives about all the threats arrayed against our health when the same people who say there’s nothing wrong with our food critique every other government agency and ignore the one or two which might challenge their lifestyle habits.
Eh. It is what it is, but my new approach will elaborate (still secret).
It troubles me that most people I speak with either rationalize modern medicine as a solution or that disease is a forgone conclusion.
Think carefully about each of those statements. An metaphor is apropos: Waiting until the bomb goes off is too late.