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Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by bluGill on Monday October 16, 2023 @07:19PM (#37908024)
Glyphosate is well studied and affects cell paths that don't exist in humans.
Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by pella on Monday October 16, 2023 @07:58PM (#37908331)
"Does Glyphosate Affect the Human Microbiota?"

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/5/707

"Abstract:

Glyphosate is the world’s most widely used agrochemical. Its use in agriculture and gardening has been proclaimed safe because humans and other animals do not have the target enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). However, increasing numbers of studies have demonstrated risks to humans and animals because the shikimate metabolic pathway is present in many microbes. Here, we assess the potential effect of glyphosate on healthy human microbiota. Our results demonstrate that more than one-half of human microbiome are intrinsically sensitive to glyphosate. However, further empirical studies are needed to determine the effect of glyphosate on healthy human microbiota.

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4. Conclusions

Hence, does glyphosate affect the human microbiota? Contemporary research points to the herbicide’s potential to disrupt healthy microbiomes, including the human microbiome. Several empirical studies have determined the impact of glyphosate-based products on wild- and host-associated microbiota and called to control the potentially negative consequences on environmental health and sustainability. However, further empirical studies are needed to find a “smoking gun” that determines the effect of glyphosate on the healthy human microbiota. Moreover, additional experimental and epidemiological studies are needed to determine these proposed effects of glyphosate-based products on wild and host-associated microbes to control their potentially negative consequences on human health and ecosystem functions and services."

Other:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=human+microbiome+glypho...

Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by cvccvroomvroom on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:07PM (#37908401)
Would you drink it?
Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by bumby on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:18PM (#37909083)
This is a pretty bad standard to judge toxicity, unless you’re diluting it to relevant dosages
Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by Incipient on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:37PM (#37910270)
You wouldn't drink hypersaline water either, but that doesn't mean salt is bad for you.
Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by undersuit on Monday October 16, 2023 @08:08PM (#37908403)
You may call it a weed, I call it my garden.
Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by diogenes4 on Monday October 16, 2023 @10:55PM (#37909979)
Oh man i had no idea we could enumerate the totality of chemical effects in the human body, my b