Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide—Featuring the Darth Vader Chemical

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It was “supposed” to be harmless to humans and animals—the perfect weed killer. Now a groundbreaking article just published in the journal Entropy points to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, and more specifically its active ingredient glyphosate, as devastating—possibly “the most important factor in the development of multiple chronic diseases and conditions that have become prevalent in Westernized societies.”  

That’s right. The herbicide sprayed on most of the world’s genetically engineered crops—and gets soaked into the food portion—is now linked to “autism … gastrointestinal issues such as inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea, colitis and Crohn’s disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, cancer, cachexia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and ALS, among others.”

Enjoy this videotaped guided tour of Jeffrey Smith interviewing co-author Stephanie Seneff, PhD, who is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT. If you’ve already bogged down trying to work your way through the thick biochemistry jargon in the paper, this user-friendly but in-depth interview will give you great relief and insight.

http://action.responsibletechnology.org/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?content_item_KEY=11129

28 thoughts on “Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide—Featuring the Darth Vader Chemical

  1. “…..now linked to “autism … gastrointestinal issues such as inflammatory bowel disease, chronic diarrhea, colitis and Crohn’s disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, depression, cancer, cachexia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and ALS, among others.”

    You could probably triple that list, and still be short a few.

  2. Well that makes sense. I used to eat tons of corn chips and corn syrup before I developed my Crohn’s… not to mention all the added chemicals in the rest of my “food” made from that GMO crap. My earliest symptoms I used to call “food allergies” and at first I only had an allergy to corn- If I have Mexican Cokes with sugar, no reaction, if I had American Cokes with HFCS I developed hives, migranes, a malar rash, and bloody stools… now I have problems with many foods, most carbohydrates, and can’t tolerate any fiber in my diet or I crap blood.

    Thanks FDA and Corporate Amerikkka! Hope you one day get yours!

  3. Wow! I just listened to the above video with Jeffrey Smith interviewing Stephanie Seneff about how Roundup and GMOs cause a long, long list of health problems, and the research findings unveil the stark criminality of Monsanto, the FDA, the AMA, big pharma, big ag, the USDA, basically the entire government and big corporations and their collusion on making The People sick and stealing their money. I recommend everyone take the time to listen. Thanks, The Other Mark. This post is gold.

  4. I always wonder if anyone will come along, and actually read it, a long time after such a hugely important post is made, and even longer until somebody responded with something important, way down here in the notoriously-stupid, ego-feeding comments section.

    If you did, I have a real nugget for you. The greatest of thanks to SS for the wonderfully informative biochem lesson. I passed it in college, and all I got out of it is that we are chemical “machines” that are actually fueled by chemicals, and sort out hundreds of chemicals from a mix, no less (like when you take a multi-vitamin tablet) and then perform hundreds more chemical reactions. That is what is overwhelming about biochemistry, it is infinite, so the formula names get long and complicated.

    Do you remember when she said sulfate is deficient, and that was the MAJOR problem today? I am kind of surprised that she didn’t mention a solution for that because there is one! It is called MSM for short, and it is a sulfur supplement. You just add a little of that chemical to the gut, and voila, new reactions occur! I know, sounds too simple, and why didnt she mention that? ‘Can’t say.

    But don’t just take my word for it. TRY IT YOURSELF. Search it, get some & try it. Don’t be afraid, she is right!

    Be healthy chemo-sabe.

    1. Methylsulfonylmethane?

      I’ve been taking it since three months after the ORIGINAL manufacturers started selling it in this country – about fifteen years ago.

      Got any more earth-shattering revelations for us, Einstein?

      1. That’s exactly what I’m talkin about Hatr, on at least 2 counts.

        And apparently its worked for you, but you didn’t make the connection, or didn’t want to recommend it, or to help anyone else, Einstein?

        Which is it? Or maybe it didn’t help you but you keep taking it?

        God Bless you, too, by the way!

    2. btw, the majority of those of us who post on FTT are wide awake, and well above average in intelligence, so you might feel more at home (and superior to the other posters) on those sites with the “….way down here in the notoriously-stupid, ego-feeding comments section.”

    1. Pro-troll?

      Your stupidity is exceeded only by your ignorance. I post anywhere from six to a dozen or more articles on this site every day. Henry doesn’t allow trolls on FTT, except occasionally, so we can all take a turn or two at slamming them. Looks to me like you’re bucking for that dubious honor.

      Sarcasm that is not obvious is a waste of time. When I’m being sarcastic or facetious, EVERYONE here knows it.

      Feel free to kick rocks anytime, clown boy.

      1. Ooo whoo whoo who! You’re mad aren’t you? I can see why you call yourself ‘Hatr.

        All I did was recommend something you have admitted is helpful, and wished others good health with it. It was exactly in-line with the points of this article, and you spitefully refused to make the recommendation yourself, when you could have. WHY?

        In fact, my recommendation that people be healed with MSM was not as important to you as having discovered it a long time ago yourself, (with your ego in tow), while keeping the benefits to yourself, and simultaneously mocking others who agree with you. WHY?

        So you have mocked me, called me names, and objected to sarcasm which you yourself have proved to be rampant here! Is it to redirect the conversation, or what?

        What makes me wonder if you are a pro-troll, is not how you rail against sarcasm. It is why isn’t it important to you that others are healed with MSM like you have been? Why would you NOT want to heal others and instead feed and care for your own ego?

        Who cares when you found MSM, why wont you discuss the benefits it has given you, thus staying on the subject?

        1. Now just hold on there Dr. Orgone, #1 has been promoting MSM and a few other good suppliments for a long time here on site. If you were here on site for any length of time you would know that #1 has talked about the benefits he has had now for a long time. Apparently you haven`t been here very long have you….. You sound like a cocky one aren`t ya Dr. Orgone. Perhaps #1 could teach you a thing or two about this subject.He has tought a few about this MSM #1 has. P.S. #1 is no troll, speak for yourself dr.orgone

          1. It is pointless to argue with fools. It goes on forever, and we never get to the real answers.

            May your followers and baggage handlers find your responses fulfilling, but I don’t.

            You lost me at “Clown boy”! You should all be very proud of yourselves for NOT bringing up the obvious answer, and acting like emotional children.

            You even missed your chance for an apparently WELL EARNED “I told you so” which is unbelievable! I still think you just failed to connect the dots, and that’s why you’re all po’d.

            Adios

          2. One other thing, DOCTOR. If you really ARE a doctor, then I have every reason in the world to hate you. Scumbag bast@rds like you and your cronies MURDERED my sister and mother with your voodoo witch-doctor cures that you know damn well DON’T work. If you were here right now, and you really ARE a doctor, I’d gladly beat you to a bloody pulp, with no regrets.

            F&%KING MURDERING @SSHOLE!!! ROT IN HELL, B#TCH!!!

          3. Sorry about that, Henry. I’m in a foul mood due to not being able to post at work these last few days, or listen to The Word.

            Is it obvious?

            On top of that, I wasted WAY too much of my posting time tonight on that moron.

        2. Thanks, digger. You beat me to this one while I was doing dinner. But I still have a thing or two to say.

          “All I did was recommend something you have admitted is helpful, and wished others good health with it. It was exactly in-line with the points of this article, and you spitefully refused to make the recommendation yourself, when you could have. WHY?”

          And you would know this exactly HOW? As digger stated, I have touted the benefits of MSM many dozens of times in comments on articles here, as well as other heatlth products. Do you know the best supplement for flushing radiation from the system? I do. Do you know the best way to flush the aluminum from the chemtrails out of your system? I do. Do you know that cancer is easily prevented / cured, and how? I do, and I’ve shared all of this information with my friends here at FTT.

          If you had made it clear when talking about the comment section that you were excluding From the Trenches, we would not have had to have this discussion in the first place. I will not tolerate any comments that appear to denigrate this site, I’m very protective that way, as are the majority of the other regular posters here. As for this part of your comment –

          “I can see why you call yourself ‘Hatr.”

          You know NOTHING about me. If you really want to know why I post under this name, then read this article that I wrote last summer, and maybe you’ll learn something. The reason for my post name is in the article.

          http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/big-pharmas-lies-exposed-cancer-is-curable/19239/

          1. My privelage #1. Credit where credit is due and you do not need to be dissed like that dr. orgone did or was leading up to do. Yes #1, ya taught me and others about MSM, and had a lot of good info. to offer us all, and as you know – I hope – that I appreciate what you have taught me.

          2. Thanks for the link to your earlier article, #1. I am so sorry for the losses in your family, please accept my deepest sympathy.

            I’ve been aware of most of the anti-cancer nutritional information you presented in that article but haven’t seen it presented so cohesively. It’s a good read.

            As for the provocateur and his insults following my comment and to you, his hostility could be due to another nutritional deficiency, which so far he lacks the awareness to address. He’ll either figure it out or he won’t and be gone. I’m choosing to letting it go and continue on with something I enjoy.

          3. Thank you, enbe. It’s much appreciated. I do my best to educate others with what I’ve discovered through my research on certain subjects, and along comes someone who has no knowledge of my efforts, and arbitrarily takes it upon himself to disparage me, ESPECIALLY someone posting as Dr. anyone. He has no idea how much I loathe the so-called ‘medical’ profession, so that was his first mistake. (well, actually, I guess he knows now, after my last comment). Sorry about that one, guys, you know I rarely lose my temper like that, and I almost never curse like that, but this one set me off, due to the nature of the subject, and him posting as a doctor. If he IS a dr., I hope he dies a slow and painful death, like my family members did.

            Idiot.

  5. No, I understand now ‘Hatr.

    You didn’t get any credit for having said it before, so you couldn’t agree that we are ALL correct!!

    Did ya ever think that this might be a great time to say I told you so, without arguing with somebody else? You just went all the way around that truth so you could finally come back and say I said it first, right? Don’t you know it needs to be painstakingly spelled out for ANYBODY who reads this whole thread to be the CONCLUSION for them?? Duh?!

    YOU DIDN’T BRING IT UP HERE, so I did! You are welcome, and kudos to your emotionly-small, little name-calling self.

    It doesn’t matter what you said before because TODAY I proved to myself what Dr SS said is correct. I figure I have a right to speak from my experience. You really seemed to be trying to reduce and obfuscate that right, quite intentionally. All because you said it before. Do you want credit for Dr SS’ work too?

    Tomorrow, there will be others who are healed because I brought it up, and not you! You “dropped the ball” Clown Boy, and I picked it up for you! Wear the name you call others with pride, because you deserve to hear it back. I dissed you! Ha! What name did I call you again?

    And you are most welcome! We have already agreed. Please don’t harass me over nothing again. Leave me alone ‘Hatr.

    You were first fifteen years ago, horray! Where were you today when somebody needed an direct answer Einstein?

    Now you may continuing bickering and name-calling if you feel you need to, without me.

    I’ve said my piece.

    Good Bye

    1. Well asshole posing as “doctor douchbag”. Now that you’ve had your say dispersing verbal diarrhea, are you happy? Why are you here on this website? You need to move on to websites catering to people like you. Assholes are Us.com comes to mind for your home. Don’t come back here, your not welcome.

    2. Boy this guy and his ss, def has issues #1…….& gets off on stirrin’ the sheit..(and maybe the one that posted & you asked what their name was, if that was the case) Orgone energy was a hypothetical universal life force originally proposed in the 1930s by Wilhelm Reich. In its final conception, developed by Reich’s student Charles Kelly after Reich’s death, Orgone was conceived as the anti-entropic principle of the universe, a creative substratum in all of nature comparable to Mesmer’s animal magnetism, the Odic force of Carl Reichenbach and Henri Bergson’s élan vital.[4] Orgone was seen as a massless, omnipresent substance, similar to luminiferous aether, but more closely associated with living energy than inert matter. It could coalesce to create organization on all scales, from the smallest microscopic units—called bions in orgone theory—to macroscopic structures like organisms, clouds, or even galaxies.[5]

      Reich’s theories held that deficits or constrictions in bodily orgone were at the root of many diseases—including cancer—much as deficits or constrictions in the libido could produce neuroses in Freudian theory. He created the Orgone Institute to pursue research into orgone energy after he emigrated to the US, and used it to publish literature and distribute material relating to the topic for more than a decade. Reich designed special “orgone accumulators”—devices ostensibly collecting and storing orgone energy from the environment—for improvement of general health or even for weather control.[1] Ultimately, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) obtained a federal injunction barring the interstate distribution of orgone-related materials, on the grounds that Reich and his associates were making false and misleading claims, and later jailed Reich and destroyed all orgone-related materials at the institute after Reich violated the injunction.[2] Contrary to common misconception, Reich always rejected the idea that the accumulator could provide orgastic potency.[6]

      Orgone is regarded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as a type of “putative energy”, a model which some therapists use for clinical procedures, for which specific measurement machines can be built.[7] There is no empirical support for the concept of orgone in medicine or the physical sciences, and research into the concept ceased with the end of the Institute.

      The concept of orgone was the result of this work in the psycho-physiology of libido. After his migration to the US, Reich began to speculate about biological development and evolution, and then branched out into much broader speculations about the nature of the universe.[4] This led him to the conception of “bions”: self-luminescent sub-cellular vesicles that he believed were observable in decaying materials, and presumably present universally. Initially he thought of bions as electrodynamic or radioactive entities, as had the Ukrainian biologist Alexander Gurwitsch, but later came to the conclusion that he had discovered an entirely unknown but measurable force, which he then named “orgone”,[4] a pseudo-Greek formation probably from org- “impulse, excitement” as in org-asm, plus -one as in ozone (the Greek neutral participle, virtually *ὄργον, gen.: *ὄργοντος).[13]

      Orgone and its related concepts were quickly denounced in the post-World War II American press.[17] Reich and his students were seen as a “cult of sex and anarchy,” at least in part because orgone was linked with the title of his book The Function of the Orgasm, and this led to numerous investigations as a communist[18] and denunciation under a wide variety of other pretexts.[19] He was, as the New York Times later put it, “much maligned”.[20] The psychoanalytical community of the time saw his approach to healing diseases as quackery of the worst sort, and they took his comments about UFOs out of context to make him look like a charlatan.[21] In 1954, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration successfully sought an injunction to prevent Reich from making medical claims relating to orgone, which (among other stipulations) prevented him from shipping “orgone devices” across state lines.[22] Reich defied the order and was jailed, and the FDA took that opportunity to destroy any of Reich’s books which mentioned orgone, along with research materials and devices.[3][22][23][24]

      Credit to Wikipedia for citation above, more info can be found there.

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