Un nuevo estudio muestra que la exposición materna al glifosato causa síntomas de autismo en los jóvenes

Por Zen Honeycutt, Mamás en todo Estados Unidos

La evidencia continúa apilando contra el herbicida Roundup. 

This time a new study from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan, found that maternal exposure to high levels of glyphosate herbicide produced by Bayer/Monsanto, caused autism symptoms in young male rats.

The effects of glyphosate herbicide clearly impacted the gut microbiota, and showed that enzyme activity, after glyphosate exposure, was higher in certain parts of the organs. “Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) in the brain of offspring after maternal glyphosate herbicide exposure was higher than controls.” Prevention was shown to be possible, however. Treating orally with an sEH inhibitor for the production of those enzymes from pregnancy to weaning prevented the onset of the autism-like behaviors after maternal exposure, showing a significant finding of causation and prevention.

Previous animal studies have also shown a disturbance of the gut bacteria with glyphosate herbicide exposure. The disturbance of the gut microbiota is significant and has been repeatedly connected with behavioral and learning disabilities in animals and humans. 

Los hallazgos de este estudio y de la literatura médica anterior reflejan las condiciones sociales y de salud actuales entre muchos hogares estadounidenses.

En los Estados Unidos, uno de cada seis los niños tienen una discapacidad de aprendizaje, y uno de cada cinco los niños viven con una enfermedad mental. Se predice que por 2025, la mitad de todos los niños se le diagnosticará autismo si seguimos al ritmo actual. 

These alarming trends correlate with the increased use of glyphosate in agriculture. Over 70 percent of the glyphosate that has ever been used (3.5 billion pounds) has been used in the past ten years. A large portion of that use was as a drying agent on wheat, peas, beans, and grains used in animal feed. Glyphosate does not wash, dry, or cook-off and has been found in thousands of foods, animal feed, and beverage samples, air and water.

Si bien el nuevo estudio incluye niveles de exposición significativamente más altos que la exposición dietética, ambiental u ocupacional normal, los resultados indican que el aumento de la exposición al herbicida glifosato es motivo de preocupación. 

In today’s society where a mother can be exposed to over 2400 ppb of glyphosate herbicide residue in a day’s consumption of food, and glyphosate can also be found in breastmilk, water, soil, and vaccines, it’s hard to determine how exactly how much of the chemical is being absorbed by the body.

In fact, food testing has shown 1000 ppb of glyphosate in wheat, garbanzo beans and other foods made of grain. Glyphosate levels in eggs have exceeded FDA levels of 1.67 ppb. Glyphosate has also been found in peas, beans, bagels, cereal, oatmeal, wine, beer, and sanitary products.

Vaccines are also a likely source of glyphosate exposure with residue findings between 2.67-3.4 ppb in one MMR vaccine. It is believed that glyphosate is contaminating vaccines through gelatin (an ingredient in vaccines), which is made from the tendons of pigs that have consumed glyphosate sprayed grains. In fact, direct injection of a “low” level of glyphosate into the bloodstream could have the same effect as a “high” level of glyphosate exposure through occupational or environmental exposure -- there simply aren’t enough safety studies to determine one way or the other, therefore, precautionary measures are crucial. 

Glyphosate has also been shown to break down the blood brain barrier, allowing toxins, like aluminum, into the brain. Aluminum, an ingredient in many vaccines, has been found at higher levels in the brains of children with autism and Alzheimer patients.

While flu shots are increasingly promoted to pregnant women, it is abundantly clear, even admitted by the FDA, that the that safety and efficacy studies of vaccines in pregnant women are lacking. In researching this topic, my colleagues and I at Moms Across America requested through the Freedom of Information Act, any studies showing the safety of administering a flu vaccine to pregnant women. The FDA responded that there are no studies available.

Teniendo en cuenta la pandemia actual, uno debe preguntarse: ¿se realizarán pruebas con la nueva vacuna COVID- 19 para garantizar que no esté contaminada con glifosato? ¿Se promoverá a mujeres embarazadas sin pruebas de seguridad?  

Depender de los fabricantes para garantizar la seguridad no es suficiente. Bayer / Monsanto afirmó que el glifosato pasa inofensivamente a través del cuerpo pero estudios previos han encontrado Residuos de glifosato detectados en el tejido, la médula ósea y los tendones de animales que consumieron alimento de grano rociado con glifosato. Este nuevo estudio se suma al creciente escepticismo de la inocuidad de este herbicida prevalente y pide una acción gubernamental inmediata para prohibir el uso de sustancias químicas peligrosas y / o fabricantes, agricultores, jardineros y paisajistas que suspendan su uso. 

Until then, avoiding vaccination before or while pregnant, eating organic and gardening organically will support lower levels of exposure. Fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kombucha and apple cider vinegar have shown to contain a bacterium called acetobacter, which has, in soil, shown to break apart glyphosate into non-toxic components. Consumption of these items on a daily basis could help.

Ultimately, one thing is clear, the sale, use, and contamination by glyphosate herbicides should no longer be tolerated. It is unacceptable for the United States to allow the continued use of a chemical herbicide that is a major contributing factor of the rise of autism - projected to be one out of two children in 15 years. The future of our country is at stake and glyphosate is something we can no longer afford to ignore.

To ask Bayer to retire Roundup and glyphosate herbicides immediately, click here.

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Also, listen to UNSTOPPABLE, episode 52 which addresses this issue.