BAN GLYPHOSATE USE IN AUSTRALIA

Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide which works by inhibiting an enzyme found in plants there are around 500 products containing glyphosate registered for use in Australia Glyphosate has been registered for use for over 40 years and is the most common chemical used in Australia by farmers and gardeners usually ­applied after autumn rain and before crops like wheat barley and canola are sown to kill weeds it’s sprayed on most GM crops and used to ‘dry off’ grain crops like lentils beans barley and wheat before harvest it is in just about everything from bananas to tomatoes pears and even apples it’s even sprayed on curbs roadsides playgrounds and parks the active ingredient in Roundup kills weeds by interfering with what is called the shikimate pathway while mammals don’t possess the shikimate pathway all of the microbes that take up residence in our digestive tract do have this pathway and exposure to glyphosate the active ingredient in Roundup will cause them serious stress as a consequence studies have shown that glyphosate disrupts the gut bacteria causing inflammation in the gut along with an overgrowth of pathogenic forms and concurrent loss of beneficial bacteria it is now becoming apparent that our gut bacteria which outnumber our own cells by a factor of ten to one play many important roles in supplying nutrients and protecting us from toxins since Glyphosate application started on U.S. corn and soy crops there has been a steep increase in the number of children with autism an increase in Alzheimer's and senile dementia deaths do the research and come to your own conclusion and help put a stop to this crime towards humanity

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