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Viewpoint: Here's what's wrong with study suggesting glyphosate damages our gut health
Story Date: 5/18/2018
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Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 5/17/18
Can glyphosate impact gut health? The Guardian reports on a team of scientists who claim to have demonstrated that it can.
One of the report’s authors, Daniele Mandrioli, at the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy, said significant and potentially detrimental effects from glyphosate had been detected in the gut bacteria of rat pups born to mothers, who appeared to have been unaffected themselves. “It shouldn’t be happening and it is quite remarkable that it is,” Mandrioli said. “Disruption of the microbiome has been associated with a number of negative health outcomes, such as obsesity, diabetes and immunological problems.”
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