What’s the opposite of panacea? (That word means a wonderful cure for everything, usually mythical). Panapathea? Could a single substance actually cause many diseases? According to a scary new scientific report, the herbicide Roundup (the most commonly used herbicide in the world) is plausibly linked to the following: inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, depression, ADHD, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis, cancer, cachexia [general poor health], infertility, and developmental malformations.” (pages 1444-1445 of the report).

The authors of this report, which you can find in a pdf listed here www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews explain exactly how the key ingredient in R

oundup, glyphosate, causes all these horrible chronic illnesses.

The authors conclude: “It is imperative for more independent research to take place to validate the ideas presented here, and to take immediate action, if they are verified, to drastically curtail the use of glyphosate in agriculture.” In other words: “If we’re right, we must all fight back against Roundup.” They emphasize “independent” research because the biotech companies tightly control what outside scientists are allowed to study, and control what their in-house scientists are permitted to publish.

Take-home message: Pesticide corporations are not on our side. You and I can start protecting ourselves right now, by purchasing as much organic food as we can, not using Roundup in our gardens, and demanding that schools do the same.

You can read a good journalistic summary of the article here www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/roundup-health-study-idUSL2N0DC22F20130425