Posted on 07/13/2022 9:33:51 PM PDT by algore
TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) – More than 80% of Americans have a widely used herbicide lurking in their urine, a new government study suggests.
The chemical, known as glyphosate, is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has said. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, a well-known weed killer.
The U.S. National Nutrition Examination Survey found the herbicide in 1,885 of 2,310 urine samples that were representative of the U.S. population. Nearly a third of the samples came from children ages 6 to 18.
“Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the country, yet unto now we had very little data on exposure,” said Alex Temkin, a toxicologist at the Environmental Working Group, in a statement issued Monday. “Children in the U.S. are regularly exposed to this cancer-causing weedkiller through the food they eat virtually every day.”
“The Environmental Protection Agency should take concrete regulatory action to dramatically lower the levels of glyphosate in the food supply and protect children’s health,” Temkin added
Traces of the herbicide have previously been found in kids' cereals, baby formula, organic beer and wine, hummus and chickpeas.
German pharmaceutical company Bayer purchased the Roundup brand when it bought the agrochemical company Monsanto in 2018, CBS News reported.
In 2020, the EPA determined that the chemical was not a serious health risk and “not likely” to cause cancer in humans. However, a federal appeals court ordered the EPA to reexamine those findings last month, CBS News reported.
The U.S. Supreme Court last month rejected Bayer’s bid to shut down ongoing lawsuits over whether the herbicide causes cancer. The justices also let a $25 million judgment on behalf of a California man stand. In that case, the plaintiff said he developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from decades of using Roundup on his property, CBS News reported.
So far, Bayer has won four cases in state courts where plaintiffs alleged that Roundup caused their cancer, CBS News said.
The company continues to assert that the herbicide is safe, but plans to replace it in Roundup intended for residential use beginning next year. The chemical will still be included in products meant for professional and farm use.
I don't know which is worse
Pee police to the rescue!
I prefer pee nazi but yours works pretty good too. It’s still Trump’s fault.
Does this mean I must stop eating my grass and weed salads?
Eat more meat like evolution intended you to do.
what genius allows the gov’t to sample their urine?
probably the same people that answer surveys or polls.
To be sure, glyphosate is dangerous when used improperly.
But when used properly, it’s safe and necessary for modern ag.
Price has almost tripled in the last 2 years.
This, IMO, is an anti agriculture pr campaign sponsored by our f’n government.
And your veggie burgers, and your wine coolers, and your after dinner doobies, and your Mary Jane gummie bears. It’s over for you pal. No doobies, might as well toss the Cheetos.
There is a lot more birth control in urine.
Speculations of the day:
Perhaps some version of atmospheric pollution, such as this
can begin to explain the sudden increase in Down Syndrome children born to American women. The annual numbers have been on the upswing for at least the last 20 years. It is becoming less rare.
Two weeks ago, I read that
most people typically have a certain amount of plastic contained within their bloodstream.Some of the plastics are polyamide textiles and absorbed through a simple process of abrasion. Meaning, each time you wear these textiles, tiny plastic fibers are rubbed off and absorbed into the biggest organ in your body: your skin.
Well is it or isn't it? You are supposed to be the experts.
I read an article years ago that basically stated older women have a higher chance of having babies with Downs Syndrome. Could it be as simple as women having babies later in life causing the rate to go up?
“what genius allows the gov’t to sample their urine?”
Probably you should stop using toilets.
The govt collects shit-tonnes of data from waste treatment centers.
So do private enterprises.
https://apacsecurity.com/product/waste-water-testing-for-drugs/
Fluoride.
But they’re both poisons.
So that’s why plants die when you pee on them.😁
Very useful for agitprop.
"More than 80% of Americans have a widely used herbicide lurking in their urine...
Lurking?
what genius allows the gov’t to sample their urine?
= = =
They just pick up Gator Ade bottles along the highways.
I honestly believe that women having babies later in life is the cause for Down’s syndrome, my mom was born in her mom’s 40’s she was the last born and 20 years later than her siblings she did not have Down’s syndrome however she has severe mental problems her entire life I believe she suffered from bipolar and it was miserable living with her!! She REFUSED getting diagnosed I think because of her generation!!
I didn’t know there was a test.
Its hard to believe anything they say anymore
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