Glyphosate

GMO foods and glyphosate are banned in many European countries, representing a direct regulatory divergence from the United States. Many European countries have banned or severely restricted glyphosate use. Glyphosate and other antibiotic-mimicking substances systematically reduce microbial diversity, producing the same downstream effects as prescription antibiotic use. A recent report found glyphosate detectable in urine for a large majority of the US population, including children and pregnant women. The article refers to lawsuits that ended in victories showing glyphosate caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma in people. The official safety position holds that glyphosate is harmless to humans because it targets the shikimate pathway, which is absent in human cells. The article says Monsanto's tactics were designed to obscure and minimize glyphosate and Roundup risks. The article presents glyphosate's probable carcinogen classification as a verified, undisputed fact rather than an institutional opinion. Only one long-term study on glyphosate's effects has been conducted, and it was retracted under allegedly politically motivated circumstances. Glyphosate was classified as an antibiotic in…