The University of California have warned that 93% of the American public have tested positive for Monsanto’s carcinogenic Glyphosate herbicide.
Healthimpactnews.com reports:
From the project’s public statement on their website:
Glyphosate, labeled a ‘Probable human carcinogen’
by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency IARC in 2015, has now
been revealed to be ubiquitous in the first ever comprehensive and
validated LC/MS/MS testing project to be carried out across
America. Glyphosate-containing herbicides are sold under trademarks such
as Monsanto’s ‘Roundup.’
In
a unique public testing project carried out by a laboratory at the
University of California San Francisco (UCSF), glyphosate was discovered
in 93% of urine samples during the early phase of the testing in 2015.
Glyphosate
was found in 93% of the 131 urine samples tested at an average level of
3.096 parts per billion (PPB). Children had the highest levels with an
average of 3.586 PPB.
The regions with the highest levels were the West and the Midwest with an average of 3.053 PPB and 3.050 PPB respectively.
Glyphosate
has been linked to cancer by the World Health Organization, and
lawsuits against companies using the herbicide, which is prevalent in
most conventional foods, have begun.Glyphosate Contamination a Worldwide Problem
Tests for glyphosate in urine samples have revealed widespread contamination in many other countries as well.
EcoWatch reports that last month members of the European Parliament (MEPs) volunteered to take a urine test to see if glyphosate was in their system. Forty-eight MEPs from 13 different European Union countries participated in the test, and according to ELISA test results from the accredited Biocheck Laboratory in Germany:
All participants excreted glyphosate by urine.
Also earlier this year, Nicole Sagener of The Ecologist reported:
A
new study shows that 99.6% of Germans are contaminated with the
herbicide glyphosate, writes Nicole Sagener. The news comes as the EU
puts off a crucial decision on whether to re-authorise the chemical,
described by IARC as ‘probably carcinogenic,’ until 2031.
All
but 0.4% of the German population have been contaminated by the
controversial herbicide glyphosate, according to a study carried out by
the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
The
study analysed glyphosate residue in urine and concludes that 75% of
the target group displayed levels that were five times higher than the
legal limit of drinking water.
A third of the population even showed levels that were between ten and 42 times higher than what is normally permissible.
Glyphosate
residues were recorded in 99.6% of the 2,009 people monitored by the
study. The most significant values were found in children aged from zero
to nine and adolescents aged 10 to 19, particularly those individuals
raised on farms.
Earlier this month The Detox Project
published results showing 100% of urine samples tested in Portuguese
volunteers were positive for glyphosate:
Tests
carried out by the Portuguese No GMO Coalition in cooperation with the
Detox Project have revealed high levels of glyphosate (commonly sold as
Roundup) in the urine of Portuguese volunteers, according to a report
released by the Coalition.
In
26 volunteers, glyphosate was detected in 100% of the urine samples. By
comparison, in Switzerland in 2015, a similar testing programme
detected glyphosate in just 38% of cases and in 2013, sampling carried
out by Friends of the Earth in 18 European countries showed 44% of the
urine samples to be contaminated.
The
average value of glyphosate in the urine of the Portuguese samples was
26.2 ng/ml (nanograms per milliliter or parts per billion – ppb).
The
limit allowed in drinking water in the EU is 0.1 ng/ml, so the average
amount of glyphosate detected in the Portuguese samples is 260 times
above the maximum legal limit.
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