Saturday, June 1, 2013

Monsano Roundup could be messing with your intestinal flora

http://grist.org/food/gut-punch-monsanto-could-be-destroying-your-microbiome/

There is new research out of Germany that establishes that glyphosate kills many species of beneficial animal gut bacteria while not affecting more harmful gut bacteria, like E. coli and the bacteria that causes botulism, which is apparently at epidemic levels in cattle. And it’s not a stretch to say that it likely has a similar effect on the versions of those bacteria that have colonized us.

PS there's no such thing as intestinal fauna.



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