2011-08-06

50% of Rats Given this Died -- Why is it On Your Dinner Plate?

Vatic Note:  

50% of Rats Given this Died -- Why is it On Your Dinner Plate?
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Posted By Dr. Mercola, Mercola.com health newsletter
| August 05 2011

The first report was recently issued on ambient levels of glyphosate and its major degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), in air and rain. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the U.S.

Weekly air particle and rain samples were collected during two growing seasons in agricultural areas in Mississippi and Iowa. Rain was also collected in Indiana. The frequency of glyphosate detection ranged from 60 to 100 percent in both air and rain.
According to the report, as linked on the website Green Med Info:
“The frequency of detection and median and maximum concentrations of glyphosate in air were similar or greater to those of the other high-use herbicides observed in the Mississippi River basin, whereas its concentration in rain was greater than the other herbicides.”
Vatic Note 2:   Add this to above and follow the source links and by golly you will know more than most Americans,  I would highly recomment you follow the links down the rabbit hole since food is heavily tied into our survival.    
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/toxic-article/glyphosphate-pollution-so-omnipresent-us-frequency-detection-ranged-60-100-both-air-an

Glyphosphate pollution is so omnipresent in the US that the frequency of detection ranged from 6

to 100% in both air and rain. - GreenMedInfo Summary

Abstract Title:
Occurrence and fate of the herbicide glyphosate and its degradate aminomethylphosphonic acid in the atmosphere.
Abstract Source:

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2011 Mar;30(3):548-55. Epub 2011 Jan 19. PMID: 21128261
Abstract Author(s):
Feng-chih Chang, Matt F Simcik, Paul D Capel
Article Affiliation:
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Abstract:
This is the first report on the ambient levels of glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the United States, and its major degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), in air and rain. Concurrent, weekly integrated air particle and rain samples were collected during two growing seasons in agricultural areas in Mississippi and Iowa. Rain was also collected in Indiana in a preliminary phase of the study. The frequency of glyphosate detection ranged from 60 to 100% in both air and rain. The concentrations of glyphosate ranged from<0.01 to 9.1 ng/m(3) and from<0.1 to 2.5µg/L in air and rain samples, respectively.

The frequency of detection and median and maximum concentrations of glyphosate in air were similar or greater to those of the other high-use herbicides observed in the Mississippi River basin, whereas its concentration in rain was greater than the other herbicides. It is not known what percentage of the applied glyphosate is introduced into the air, but it was estimated that up to 0.7% of application is removed from the air in rainfall. Glyphosate is efficiently removed from the air; it is estimated that an average of 97% of the glyphosate in the air is removed by a weekly rainfall ≥ 30 mm.
Pubmed Data : Environ Toxicol Chem. 2011 Mar;30(3):548-55. Epub 2011 Jan 19. PMID: 21128261
 
Study Type : Review\
 
Additional Links
Problem Substances : Glyphosate : CK(196) : AC(47)



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