Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monsanto Roundup
EPA hid truth about glyphosate and cancer for decades to protect Monsanto's corporate profits
Thursday, June 04, 2015 by: J. D. Heyes
(NaturalNews) Did the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency run cover for biotech behemoth Monsanto for years to hide the
cancer-causing properties of one of the agri-giant's most profitable chemicals?
Absolutely, asserts Dr. Anthony Samsel, a research scientist and consultant who
says he has EPA documents in his possession which allegedly show that Monsanto
was aware of research tying glyphosate, the primary chemical in the company's
popular Roundup herbicide, to cancer since the 1970s.
In a recent interview, as reported by Health Impact News, Samsel – who
has been studying the toxicity of glyphosate, the world's most prolific
herbicide, which is used in the cultivation of GMO crops – notes that, in the
past, much of his research linking glyphosate to illness have been dismissed.
In conjunction with fellow researcher Dr. Stephanie Seneff, he has helped author
the studies "Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases III: Manganese,
neurological diseases, and associated pathologies," "Glyphosate, pathways to
modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance" and "Glyphosate's
Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut
Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases."
But many who dismissed the research are now paying more attention.
"Trade secrets"
In March, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on
Cancerpublished
a study[PDF] noting that glyphosate – along with insecticides
malathion and diazinon – "probably" cause cancer.
However, Samsel says
emphatically in this interview that it "is not a probable carcinogen,
it isa carcinogen."
Further, Samsel says he now has documents he received from the EPA that are
"trade secret" documents belonging to Monsanto which, allegedly, are safety
studies regardingglyphosate from
the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as others beyond those dates.
As further reported by Health Impact News:
The documents reference animal studies, according to Samsel, with short-term
and long-term studies conducted on mice, rats, rabbits, and dogs. Monsanto
allegedly asked theEPA to
seal these documents as "trade secrets" so no one else could review the data
from these studies.
The scientist goes on to discuss one study in particular involving rabbits that
examined the effects of the herbicidal chemical on the skin. Researchers at the
time monitored the rabbits' blood chemistry; one finding involved an increase in
lactate dehydrogenase, an enzyme in the blood related to tissue damage.
Samsel says another study indicated that glyphosate went directly into the
animals' bone marrow. The scientist says that is dangerous because new cells are
born in the marrow and can pass substances on to the thymus glad, where T-cells
and white blood cells eventually form. He believes that is significant,
especially in light of the recent IARC report describing glyphosate as "probably
carcinogenic" in causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma and prostatecancer.
Later in the interview, Samsel discussed long-term studies that were conducted
in rats lasting 26 months – studies he also believes are extremely significant.
He believes so because the researchers in that study used a control group along
with much lower doses of glyphosate. He said most believe that a higher exposure
to glyphosate leads to a greater effect; however, he further states that the
chemical has an "inverse dose response relationship," and that this is
demonstrated clearly in the Monsanto trade
secret studies.
"Significant tumor growth"
Samsel said that studies conducted by Biodynamics in New Jersey from 1978 to
1980 show clearly that tumor growth occurred in many organs, even with lose
doses of glyphosate – studies that were submitted to the EPA in 1981.
Though the studies showed significant tumor formation in kidneys especially,
they were written off by the agency as "not significant," most likely by
altering control group data.
The interview has been broken into two parts. The first part is
here; the second part is
here.
Monsanto's Roundup is currently available for purchase in Home Depot and Lowe's
stores across the country, putting children at risk in the communities where
this chemical concoction is sprayed. Sign the petitions at the links below to
tell these companies to stop selling Roundup, because people's health should be
valued higher than mere profits:
Lowe's:
Change.org
Home Depot:
Change.org
Sources:
http://healthimpactnews.com
http://www.iarc.fr[PDF]
https://www.youtube.com
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