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Aug 18, 2022Liked by carey gillam

Oh My gosh!!!! It says "Potential" link.. Does not seem to me you want to discuss much of anything, just to jump on someone's coat tails. She used to work for Reuters and yes, then she began her investigation of Monsanto....glyphosate Round Up. In case you were not aware Round Up spraying kills, Bees (a critical part of our food supply) Birds and in some cases dogs and cats when not applied properly. What about the chemicals released into Michigan Huron River? What about those poor people who have to drink this water. She gives us information for us to digest. This has nothing to do with selling books, but rather sharing with the public "Potential" problems.

I work with farmers throughout the United States who are cleaning up their soil, with an amazing and cost effective process, to eliminate glyphosate from their soil. I work with a Master Beekeeper who has 2400 hives, along with egg producers, hog farmers, cattle ranchers who are realizing how critical our soil is to our existence.

We should always want information on "Potential" problems.

Everyone needs to pay close attention to our Environment..

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Aug 17, 2022·edited Aug 17, 2022

Once again Carey extrapolates data to reinforce her predetermined (book selling) conclusion. Mice in this study had to be fed 500 micrograms per kilogram. In a 220 lb guy like me, that is like eating 200 aspirin-sized tablets of pure glyphosate every day, for fourteen days. I'd be surprised if you didn't find a little bit in my brain, my big toe, or my eyelashes! Jesus! They fed mice huge amounts of herbicide and showed they were not well. Surprise! Not!

The interesting data come from the lowest treatment. It is a HUGE amount, 125 micrograms/kg, one fourth of the high dose, and equivalent to me eating 50 tablets of pure glyphosate a day for half a month. The results were negligible, sometimes statistically significant, but barely biologically significant. If anything, this says that you have to do shots of concentrate to see an effect, as realistic occupational or consumer exposures are tiny fractions of what was used here.

What this says is that a massive overdose for half a month barely has an effect. I know Carey has to sell books, but let's get real. Read the paper, talk to the authors-- even they will tell you that Carey over inflates the findings of their work.

Here is a link to my analysis of the same paper. As always, glad to discuss. https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/08/16/glyphosate-traces-in-breast-milk-weedkiller-causes-neurological-disorders-how-activists-leverage-social-media-to-distort-science-and-spread-bogus-health-concerns/

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At the bare minimum it is time for the US EPA to require adequate PPE on all glyphosate-based herbicide labels. A step intentionally and corruptly overlooked due to Monsanto disinformation regarding the safety profile of RoundUp and glyphosate.

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Makes perfect sense!

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