Carey Gillam
It's the herbicide on our dinner plates, a chemical so pervasive it's in the air we breathe, our water, our soil, and even found increasingly in our own bodies. Known as Monsanto's Roundup by consumers, and as glyphosate by scientists, the world's most popular weed killer is used everywhere from backyard gardens to golf courses to millions of acres of farmland. For decades it's been touted as safe enough to drink, but a growing body of evidence indicates just the opposite, with research tying the chemical to cancers and a host of other health threats.
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Show Notes:
[2:15] How did Carey become interested in glyphosate?
[5:23-5:40] “The new evolutionary pressure is where you get your information from.”
[8:00] Monsanto’s unwillingness to review the safety of glyphosate.
- The safety of glyphosate was being questioned as far back as 1983.
[10:25] The multiple abuses of glyphosate are outlined.
- It is used on much more than just GMO’s.
- It is used to synchronize several crops.
[11:35] There are high levels of glyphosate in several crops such as oats and cotton.
- It is found nearly everywhere, including drinking water.
[13:58] South American farmers lost kidneys from burning residual glyphosate.
[16:52] World Health Organization has classified glyphosate as a class 2A carcinogen.
- Monsanto gave more pushback than any other developer of carcinogens.-
- Earned the nickname “Monsatan”.
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[28:16] Other common chemicals that are harmful.
- Several pesticides, most of which are neurodegenerative.
[30:00] 2-4-D
- It is an ingredient in Agent Orange.
- Glyphosate is so ineffective at this point that crops are now being genetically modified to resist 2-4-D.
- The government expects a 100-fold increase in the 2-4-d concentrations in our crops.
- There is hope. The EPA has a small division dedicated to cleaner methods such as cover crops.
[32:20] The farmers are brake and caught in the middle of the problem.
- GMO’s produce a smidgeon more food per acre, but it is at the expense of twice the cost.
- The farmers can do everything right and still get hit with a natural disaster.
[37:00] Farm to table movement
[38:28] “We don’t need more corn production in this nation.
[39:11] We vote with our dollars. The government isn’t going to fix anything.
- However, we should also vote with food policy in mind.
[42:01] US right to know- Non-profit group.
- Freedom of information act on food matter and policies.
- They are attempting to level the playing field with big corporations by using hard data.
[47:00] What is the mechanism behind glyphosate’s harmful nature?
- Data shows links to Hodgekins, Leukemia, and lower birth weight.
- The data suggests that glyphosate interferes with healthy gut bacteria. This could lead to Parkinsons’s and autism.
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