Roundup by Monsanto: is there a correlation with super resistant bacteria too?

    Roundup by Monsanto: is there a correlation with super resistant bacteria too?

    Is Monsanto's Roundup herbicide related to the development of super resistant bacteria? Monsanto is suing the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Cancer Research (Iacr) for including glyphosate among the possible human carcinogens cited in a study published on March 20, 2015 in The Lancet Oncology. This was announced by the Argentine Association of Environmental Journalists through the blog Ecos De Romang.



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    The herbicide Roundup di Monsanto is related to the development of super resistant bacteria? As you will recall, Monsanto in recent days sued the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Cancer Research (Iacr) for entering the glyphosate among the possible carcinogenic substances for humans listed in a study published in The Lancet Oncology.

    But the multinational and, above all, the herbicide containing glyphosphate are again under fire for a new study that would correlate the roundup with the development of super antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    This was announced by the Argentina Association of Environmental Journalists that diff

    The new study on glyphosate was published on March 24 by theAmerican Society for Microbiology on the scientific journal mBio Magazine and correlates glyphosate - and two other herbicides widely used in agriculture - to the development of super resistant bacteria.

    This study showed that exposure to herbicides considered in their commercial forms are capable of change the way bacteria respond to a variety of commonly used antibiotics.

    The lead author of the study is Professor Jack Heinemann, a genetics expert at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, who identified a defense mechanism linked to the use of herbicides that could lead bacteria to develop a super antibiotic resistance.

    Experts evaluated the effects in this respect with respect to 3 herbicides:

    1) Glyphosate: substance at the base of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, which is used for approximately 94% of soybeans and 89% of corn grown in the United States.



    2) 2,4-D: ranks third among the most popular herbicides in the United States.

    3) Dicamba: ranks fifth among the most widely used herbicides worldwide.

    Could some of the world's most popular herbicides play a role in the development of super antibiotic-resistant bacteria? Further in-depth studies will be needed in this regard, in the hope that Monsanto will not use its power to hinder scientific research. Just in the last few days a new alarm has come from the United Kingdom concerning the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the possible fatal consequences for the population.

    In addition to spreading the advice to use antibiotics in the health field only when it is really necessary, experts should consider the hypothesis that development of super resistant bacteria can be connected touse of herbicides in agriculture, as well as, as previously noted, the massive use of antibiotics in intensive breeding.



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    Marta Albè

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