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Glyphosate
Glyphosate
People are very concerned about the risks of consuming glyphosate, considering many of our crops are now treated with it.
Glyphosate is low in toxicity. When glyphosate is ingested it moves through the body pretty quickly. It typically leaves the body through feces and is not converted into another chemical. When administering high doses of glyphosate, it can be linked to reproductive effects which were seen when presenting pregnant rats with glyphosate. The rats with a high dose had reproductive issues but the rats with a low dose showed none. When sprayed in a field, glyphosate binds tightly to the soil so it will not seep into groundwater (“Glyphosate”, 2019).
How do we know if we're being exposed to a safe amount of Glyphosate?
How do we know if we're being exposed to a safe amount of Glyphosate?
The amount of glyphosate used to control weeds for an entire acre can be poured into a soda can. A soda can of glyphosate is what is used on an entire acre for weed control and it is being diluted with hundreds of gallons of water and then sprayed across an acre (Schultz, 2016). We are being exposed to an extremely low dose of glyphosate and our body can process it through and excrete it from the body. It is an extremely low dose and there is no need for people to worry (Schultz, 2014).
Studies and tests
Studies and tests
After over 75 tests and studies, there is no concrete evidence that that tells us that Genetically Modified Crops are bad for humans and their health (“How GMOs Are Made”). The only thing that these RoundUp ready crops do is make a farmer's jobs easier. The increasing use of RoundUp or glyphosate is not going to harm humans and the consumption of genetically modified foods is completely safe as is the dosage of glyphosate that we are exposed to (Charles, 2019).
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Glyphosate. (2019, March). Retrieved from http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/glyphogen.html
Schultz , S. (2014, August 27). How Much Glyphosate is Sprayed On Our Crops? Retrieved from http://www.nurselovesfarmer.com/2014/08/how-much-glyphosate-is-sprayed-on-our-crops/
Charles, D. (2019, May 30). Safe Or Scary? The Shifting Reputation Of Glyphosate. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/30/727914874/safe-or-scary-the-shifting-reputation-of-glyphosate-aka-roundup
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