Does Glyphosate Affect the Human Microbiota?
Pere Puigbò, Lyydia I. Leino, Miia J. Rainio, Kari Saikkonen, Irma Saloniemi, Marjo Helander Glyphosate is the world’s most widely used agrochemical. Its use in agriculture and gardening has been proclaimed safe because humans and other animals do not have the target enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). However, increasing numbers of studies have demonstrated risks to […]
Exposing the Real Dangers of Weed Killers
Touchstone Essentials The weed killer glyphosate—infamously known as Roundup—can be found everywhere: lawns, gardens, parks, soil, rivers and even in the rain (1). But household use of this herbicide is dwarfed by its use in agriculture. And herein lies the problem. Over the past several years, scientists have discovered that exposure to glyphosate-containing weed killers […]
Yikes: The Brave New World of Genetically Modified People
Tessa Lena This story is about the hubris of conquest and genetic modification. Let’s start with the ugly. The richest people of the world, as well as their loyal servants from the World Economic Forum, are on the Genetic Modi cation team. According to the World Economic Forum, “the evolution of gene testing and gene […]
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a Food Industry Lobby Group
Stacy Malkan The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is a corporate-funded nonprofit organization based in Washington DC, with 17 affiliated chapters around the world. ILSI describes itself as a group that conducts “science for the public good” and “improves human health and well-being and safeguards the environment.” However, investigations by academics, journalists and public interest […]
