Samsel on Widespread Glyphosate Contamination
If there was ever a time when I wanted to stick my fingers in my ears and go "LA la la la la la la...I can't hear yooooou!!!!"
It was when scientist Anthony Samsel said: "There are some 160 of our foods contaminated with glyphosate."(Listed below) Samsel is a chemist, retired Arthur D. Little Inventor and co author of the paper : "Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases." The Samsel-Seneff paper can be found at the journal-Entropy, ISSN 1099-4300 www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy
Glyphosate is the active chemical ingredient in Roundup, a registered trademark of Monsanto, the most widely used herbicide in the world. Hundreds of millions of pounds of this chemical are used each year. It is used on parks, school yards and city landscaping. It is sprayed on the soil prior to planting crops that are raised in a no-till non-organicproduction system. It is also used as a desiccant and applied preharvest on a wide number of crops destined for the food chain. Glyphosate based herbicides are sprayed directly GMO plants. GMO plants are genetically engineered to with stand glyphosate herbicide. The animals and the people that eat these crops that have absorbed glyphosate either through the soil or from being repeatedly sprayed with glyphosate are subjected to numerous health concerns.
Glyphosate is designed to kill all plants that it touches except those that are genetically designed to withstand it. It does this by chelating or "tying up " vital nutrients in the plant. It ties up; calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, copper,nickel, cobalt, boron, molybdenum, selenium and potassium and makes them unavailable. Glyphosate also kills good microorganisms in the soil (that would normally protect the plant from disease) and causes a rapid growth of bad organisms that cause disease that kills the weeds. The weed dies because it essentially has a weakened defense system. As one scientist said "It basically gives the plant AIDS, weakens it's immune system".
We are now learning that glyphosate can do the same thing to us. By eating food that contains glyphosate residue we have glyphosate in our bodies. Glyphosate attacks the beneficial microorganisms in our digestive tract and triggers a host of varying health issues for us and our children.
Thankfully we now have the Samsel and Seneff scientific paper “Glyphosate and Modern Diseases” this 43 page peer reviewed scientific paper shows that glyphosate has "insidious" effects on the American population. Especially our children. .
Here is Anothny Samsel in his own words in an interview with Zen Honeycutt, Moms Across America:
EPA limits for glyphosate residues as published in the Federal Register.
§ 180.364 Glyphosate tolerances for residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of glyphosate, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed below resulting from the application of glyphosate, the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate, the ethanolamine salt of glyphosate, the dimethylamine salt of glyphosate, the ammonium salt of glyphosate, and the potassium salt of glyphosate. Compliance with the following tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring only glyphosate ( N- (phosphonomethyl)glycine).
Commodity |
Parts per million |
Acerola |
0.2 |
Alfalfa, seed |
0.5 |
Almond, hulls |
25 |
Aloe vera |
0.5 |
Ambarella |
0.2 |
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18 |
400 |
Artichoke, globe |
0.2 |
Asparagus |
0.5 |
Atemoya |
0.2 |
Avocado |
0.2 |
Bamboo, shoots |
0.2 |
Banana |
0.2 |
Barley, bran |
30 |
Beet, sugar, dried pulp |
25 |
Beet, sugar, roots |
10 |
Beet, sugar, tops |
10 |
Berry and small fruit, group 13-07 |
0.20 |
Betelnut |
1.0 |
Biriba |
0.2 |
Blimbe |
0.2 |
Breadfruit |
0.2 |
Cacao bean, bean |
0.2 |
Cactus, fruit |
0.5 |
Cactus, pads |
0.5 |
Canistel |
0.2 |
Canola, seed |
20 |
Carrot |
5.0 |
Chaya |
1.0 |
Cherimoya |
0.2 |
Citrus, dried pulp |
1.5 |
Coconut |
0.1 |
Coffee, bean, green |
1.0 |
Corn, pop, grain |
0.1 |
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husk removed |
3.5 |
Cotton, gin byproducts |
210 |
Custard apple |
0.2 |
Date, dried fruit |
0.2 |
Dokudami |
2.0 |
Durian |
0.2 |
Epazote |
1.3 |
Feijoa |
0.2 |
Fig |
0.2 |
Fish |
0.25 |
Fruit, citrus, group 10-10 |
0.50 |
Fruit, pome, group 11-10 |
0.20 |
Fruit, stone, group 12 |
0.2 |
Galangal, roots |
0.2 |
Ginger, white, flower |
0.2 |
Gourd, buffalo, seed |
0.1 |
Governor's plum |
0.2 |
Gow kee, leaves |
0.2 |
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16, except field corn, forage and field corn, stover |
100 |
Grain, cereal, group 15 except field corn, popcorn, rice, sweet corn, and wild rice |
30 |
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17 |
300 |
Guava |
0.2 |
Herbs subgroup 19A |
0.2 |
Hop, dried cones |
7.0 |
Ilama |
0.2 |
Imbe |
0.2 |
Imbu |
0.2 |
Jaboticaba |
0.2 |
Jackfruit |
0.2 |
Kava, roots |
0.2 |
Kenaf, forage |
200 |
Leucaena, forage |
200 |
Longan |
0.2 |
Lychee |
0.2 |
Mamey apple |
0.2 |
Mango |
0.2 |
Mangosteen |
0.2 |
Marmaladebox |
0.2 |
Mioga, flower |
0.2 |
Noni |
0.20 |
Nut, pine |
1.0 |
Nut, tree, group 14 |
1.0 |
Oilseeds, group 20, except canola |
40 |
Okra |
0.5 |
Olive |
0.2 |
Oregano, Mexican, leaves |
2.0 |
Palm heart |
0.2 |
Palm heart, leaves |
0.2 |
Palm, oil |
0.1 |
Papaya |
0.2 |
Papaya, mountain |
0.2 |
Passionfruit |
0.2 |
Pawpaw |
0.2 |
Pea, dry |
8.0 |
Peanut |
0.1 |
Peanut, hay |
0.5 |
Pepper leaf, fresh leaves |
0.2 |
Peppermint, tops |
200 |
Perilla, tops |
1.8 |
Persimmon |
0.2 |
Pineapple |
0.1 |
Pistachio |
1.0 |
Pomegranate |
0.2 |
Pulasan |
0.2 |
Quinoa, grain |
5.0 |
Rambutan |
0.2 |
Rice, grain |
0.1 |
Rice, wild, grain |
0.1 |
Rose apple |
0.2 |
Sapodilla |
0.2 |
Sapote, black |
0.2 |
Sapote, mamey |
0.2 |
Sapote, white |
0.2 |
Shellfish |
3.0 |
Soursop |
0.2 |
Spanish lime |
0.2 |
Spearmint, tops |
200 |
Spice subgroup 19B |
7.0 |
Star apple |
0.2 |
Starfruit |
0.2 |
Stevia, dried leaves |
1.0 |
Sugar apple |
0.2 |
Sugarcane, cane |
2.0 |
Sugarcane, molasses |
30 |
Surinam cherry |
0.2 |
Sweet potato |
3.0 |
Tamarind |
0.2 |
Tea, dried |
1.0 |
Tea, instant |
7.0 |
Teff, forage |
100 |
Teff, grain |
5.0 |
Teff, hay |
100 |
Ti, leaves |
0.2 |
Ti, roots |
0.2 |
Ugli fruit |
0.5 |
Vegetable, bulb, group 3-07 |
0.20 |
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 |
0.5 |
Vegetable, foliage of legume, subgroup 7A, except soybean |
0.2 |
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 (except okra) |
0.10 |
Vegetable, leafy, brassica, group 5 |
0.2 |
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 |
0.2 |
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2, except sugar beet tops |
0.2 |
Vegetable, legume, group 6 except soybean and dry pea |
5.0 |
Vegetables, root and tuber, group 1, except carrot, sweet potato, and sugar beet |
0.20 |
Wasabi, roots |
0.2 |
Water spinach, tops |
0.2 |
Watercress, upland |
0.2 |
Wax jambu |
0.2 |
Yacon, tuber |
0.2 |
(2) Tolerances are established for residues of glyphosate, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed below resulting from the application of glyphosate, the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate, the ethanolamine salt of glyphosate, the dimethylamine salt of glyphosate, the ammonium salt of glyphosate, and the potassium salt of glyphosate. Compliance with the following tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring only glyphosate ( N- (phosphonomethyl)glycine) and its metabolite N- acetyl-glyphosate ( N- acetyl- N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine; calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of glyphosate).
Commodity |
Parts per Million |
Cattle, meat byproducts |
5.0 |
Corn, field, forage |
13 |
Corn, field, grain |
5.0 |
Corn, field, stover |
100 |
Egg |
0.05 |
Goat, meat byproducts |
5.0 |
Grain aspirated fractions |
310.0 |
Hog, meat byproducts |
5.0 |
Horse, meat byproducts |
5.0 |
Poultry, meat |
0.10 |
Poultry, meat byproducts |
1.0 |
Sheep, meat byproducts |
5.0 |
Soybean, forage |
100.0 |
Soybean, hay |
200.0 |
Soybean, hulls |
120.0 |
Soybean, seed |
20.0 |
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
[45 FR 64911, Oct. 1, 1980]
Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting § 180.364, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov .
What can we do?
Eat organic. Budget. Cook from scratch. Cook in bulk and freeze. Bring your own food to parties and gatherings. Tell your Congress people about this. Grow your own. Share the food you grow with your neighbors and build community.
It's time to reconnect to our food. The future of the human race depends on the actions we take today.
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* Study that show sthat Glyphosate causes breast cancer in the parts per trillion: Dr. Thongprakaisang: Glyphosate Induces Growth in Human Breast Cancer Cells; http://gmoevidence.com/dr-thongprakaisang-glyphosate-induces-growth-in-human-breast-cancer-cells/
What is Roundup ( Glyphosate) Doing to Our Families? : New Study
"Glyphosate Exposure in a Farmer’s Family"
Journal of Environmental Protection, 2012, 3, 1001-1003 doi:10.4236/jep.2012.39115 Published Online 9月 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jep) 1001
The following studies explain the health crisis in America. Really truly. This is it...all the searching for the cure is over. These studies show the cause. And as a mother, I am both outraged and relieved to finally know. Now we can do something about it. If there was ever a reason to eat organic and share information, this is it.
Glyphosate may not be a household word, but Roundup* is. You likely spray it on your weeds, or your neighbor does. Your children's school definitely does. Your city sprays it on your sidewalks and parks and the farmers who grow your food have been told it's the best thing since sliced bread to spray on the grounds surrounding almond trees, fruit trees, strawberries and almost every non-organic vegetable grown in America. Roundup is the most widely used pesticide in the world, 185 million pounds (1) are used in the USA alone each year and glyphosate is the active chemical ingredient.
Not only is it sprayed on the soil, the chemical is drawn into it root system and plant, it is also now being sprayed on the GMO plant in ever increasing doses and it is absorbed into every cell of the plant. It's called "Roundup Ready”. The problem is, that means it is in our food, potentially for 14 years plus, it cannot be washed off, and the food is not labeled.
Some of you may know this already...but what you may not know is that the impact of Glyphosate is equally as potentially harmful as Genetically Modified foods. In a peer reviewed published scientific study titled "Glyphosate Exposure in a Farmer's Family" published in the Journal of Environmental Protection. This has not been widely circulated in the USA however, Moms Across America just found out that glyphosate has been proven to harm humans more than anyone realized.
The family in the study lived 1.5 miles away from their fields that were sprayed with Roundup. The father would spray the fields, come home and wash his hands thoroughly, but not take a shower. Apparently he hugged his children, because the levels of glyphosate found in their urine were far above what has shown to be toxic in animals. The glyphosate level in the father's urine was 9.5 ppm and the children's was 2 ppm. It is scientifically documented that infertility is caused by glyphosate at .5 ppm and endocrine disruption (which causes birth defects) is caused by glyphosate at .2 ppm.
The farmer and his wife had two children with birth defects including imperforated anus, growth hormone deficiency, hypospadias (which is when the urethra of the male penis's opening is not at the end but under, and along the side instead), heart defect and micro penis.
We also have a brand new scientific study which connects glyphosate and numerous diseases which have skyrocketed in our Western culture since the introduction of GMOs to our food supply .
"Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases" states that glyphosate residues have been found primarily in corn, sugar, soy and wheat. Good God, that is practically in everything all of us eat!
"Consequences are most of the diseases and conditions associated with a Western diet, which include gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. We explain the documented effects of glyphosate and its ability to induce disease, and we show that glyphosate is the “textbook example” of exogenous semiotic entropy: the disruption of homeostasis by environmental toxins."
This new 48 page published scientific study is extensive and complicated. I have to say as a mother I would much rather be playing play dough with my kids or even cleaning a crusty toilet than scouring through these scientific reports and trying to decipher sentences like "Elevated amounts of shikimate-derived benzoic acids such as protocatechuate and gallate are also found in plants exposed to glyphosate."
So without further ado, I post these studies for you to make sense of. All I know is that glyphosate = harm to my family. So Stop It People! Stop spraying it on my food, stop spraying it on my school playground and stop spraying it in the city parks. And tell your city council, your representative, your congressmen/women. Share this report with them and demand that we stop using this chemical. If for no other reason than to err on the side of safety. These are our families we are talking about.
You need someone to pull up weeds? They are called Boy Scouts who need community service projects. No harmful side effects from a Boy Scout.
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Harm to Farmer’s Family Study page 1
Harm to Farmer’s Family Study page 2
Harm to Farmer’s Family Study page 3
Glyphosate/Modern Diseases Study page 1
Findings of Glyphosate/Modern Diseases Study page 29
Conclusion of Glyphosate/Modern Diseases Study page 30
For the full report ( which is 48 pages long and too big of a file for my site) go to www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy
(1)http://www.beyondpesticides.org/pesticides/factsheets/Glyphosate.pdf from the latest 2007 report)
* Roundup is a registered trademark of Monsanto
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Zen Honeycutt explains the link between GMOs, pesticides and chronic disease in humans: Peril on Your Plate
Mom Zen Honeycutt Explains GMOs and health risks in 6 minutes: Most Recent info on Glyphosate (Roundup sprayed on GMOs) included.
Right to Health Series sponsored by the Shaka Movement in Maui with Zen Honeycutt
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When CNN aired the Oregon GMO Wheat Mystery piece by Stephanie Elam on Monday, 6月 17, 2013, it was a giant step for Mom-kind. Click here for the CNN clip on "The Situation Room"
The latest information on Glyphosate ( Roundup) which is sprayed on GMO Roundup Ready food- soy, canola, and cotton (cottonseed oil common in restaurant frying oil) from the Samsel and Seneff paper is astounding.
"We are creating this" are his last words on this video.
By feeding our children 31.5 million GMO school meals a DAY, even more hospital and daycare center meals, by eating the 160 foods that are contaminated with glyphosate, click here for the list , by eating the 80% of our fast, cheap, easy and tasty food that is GMO and therefore heavily doused in glyphosate and contaminated at levels thousands of times higher than what has been shown to cause breast cancer....we are creating this. Chips, soda,french fries, corn tortillas, candy, snacks, cookies, breakfast cereal...anything with corn, soy, sugar, wheat, high fructose corn syrup and hundreds more ingredients, are 80-90% likely to be contaminated with glyphosate and contributing to this disaster of a health crisis we are experiencing in America. To add insult to injury, the EPA just raised the allowable levels of glyphosate despite thousands of comments against this pandering to big chemical companies. Find out more on our two-part blog interview with scientist Anthony Samsel. Click here.
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