Tampons, sterile cotton, sanitary pads contaminated with glyphosate - study

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Tampons, sterile cotton, sanitary pads contaminated with glyphosate - study

The vast majority ‒ 85 percent ‒ of tampons, cotton and sanitary products tested in a new Argentinian study contained glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, ruled a likely carcinogen by the World Health Organization.
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GMO, Health, Monsanto
Meanwhile, 62 percent of the samples tested positive for AMPA, glyphosate's metabolite, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers at the Socio-Environmental Interaction Space (EMISA) of the University of La Plata in Argentina.

All of the raw and sterile cotton gauze analyzed in the study showed evidence of glyphosate, said Dr. Damian Marino, the study's head researcher.

“Eighty-five percent of all samples tested positive for glyphosate and 62 percent for AMPA, which is the environmental metabolite, but in the case of cotton and sterile cotton gauze the figure was 100 percent,” Marino told Télam news agency. An English translation of the Télam report can be found here. The products tested were acquired at local stores in Argentina.

“In terms of concentrations, what we saw is that in raw cotton AMPA dominates (39 parts per billion, or PPB, and 13 PPB of glyphosate), while the gauze is absent of AMPA, but contained glyphosate at 17 PPB.”
The results of the study were first announced to the public last week at the 3rd National Congress of Doctors for Fumigated Communities in Buenos Aires.

“The result of this research is very serious, when you use cotton or gauze to heal wounds or for personal hygiene uses, thinking they are sterilized products, and the results show that they are contaminated with a probably carcinogenic substance,” said Dr. Medardo Avila Vazquez, president of the congress.

“Most of the cotton production in the country is GM [genetically modified] cotton that is resistant to glyphosate. It is sprayed when the bud is open and the glyphosate is condensed and goes straight into the product,” Avila continued.

 

[bilby]

Tampons, sterile cotton, sanitary pads contaminated with glyphosate - study

The vast majority ‒ 85 percent ‒ of tampons, cotton and sanitary products tested in a new Argentinian study contained glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, ruled a likely carcinogen by the World Health Organization.
Tags
GMO, Health, Monsanto
Meanwhile, 62 percent of the samples tested positive for AMPA, glyphosate's metabolite, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers at the Socio-Environmental Interaction Space (EMISA) of the University of La Plata in Argentina.

All of the raw and sterile cotton gauze analyzed in the study showed evidence of glyphosate, said Dr. Damian Marino, the study's head researcher.

“Eighty-five percent of all samples tested positive for glyphosate and 62 percent for AMPA, which is the environmental metabolite, but in the case of cotton and sterile cotton gauze the figure was 100 percent,” Marino told Télam news agency. An English translation of the Télam report can be found here. The products tested were acquired at local stores in Argentina.

“In terms of concentrations, what we saw is that in raw cotton AMPA dominates (39 parts per billion, or PPB, and 13 PPB of glyphosate), while the gauze is absent of AMPA, but contained glyphosate at 17 PPB.”
The results of the study were first announced to the public last week at the 3rd National Congress of Doctors for Fumigated Communities in Buenos Aires.

“The result of this research is very serious, when you use cotton or gauze to heal wounds or for personal hygiene uses, thinking they are sterilized products, and the results show that they are contaminated with a probably carcinogenic substance,” said Dr. Medardo Avila Vazquez, president of the congress.

“Most of the cotton production in the country is GM [genetically modified] cotton that is resistant to glyphosate. It is sprayed when the bud is open and the glyphosate is condensed and goes straight into the product,” Avila continued.

ZOMG!!!

Thank fuck it wasn't bacon. Bacon is in the next tier up on the carcinogenic scale from Glyphosate.

There is no problem here; But it is a great way to scare the pants off anyone who knows no biochemistry, and has no idea just how small a Part Per Billion is; but who is happy to believe that something with a scary sounding name is probably dangerous.

The world is full of stuff that sounds scary if you know nothing about it. This is a reason to learn, not a reason to be frightened.

That they are able to detect such tiny traces of chemicals like Glyphosate is a wonder of modern science.

That people think such minuscule traces are a problem is an indictment of the woefully inadequate science education that most people receive.

 

[Metaphor]

Tampons, sterile cotton, sanitary pads contaminated with glyphosate - study

ZOMG!!!

Thank fuck it wasn't bacon. Bacon is in the next tier up on the carcinogenic scale from Glyphosate.

There is no problem here; But it is a great way to scare the pants off anyone who knows no biochemistry, and has no idea just how small a Part Per Billion is; but who is happy to believe that something with a scary sounding name is probably dangerous.

The world is full of stuff that sounds scary if you know nothing about it. This is a reason to learn, not a reason to be frightened.

That they are able to detect such tiny traces of chemicals like Glyphosate is a wonder of modern science.

That people think such minuscule traces are a problem is an indictment of the woefully inadequate science education that most people receive.

But CHEMICALS.

 

[Will Wiley]

One drop of round up within 10 billion drops of water appears to cause an impairment of the sex hormones. In creased damage in the liver and kidneys.
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQNNDrT-zM[/YOUTUBE]

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The world is full of stuff that sounds scary if you know nothing about it. This is a reason to learn, not a reason to be frightened.

That they are able to detect such tiny traces of chemicals like Glyphosate is a wonder of modern science.

That people think such minuscule traces are a problem is an indictment of the woefully inadequate science education that most people receive.

Maybe you'd like to post some science on this?

 

[Will Wiley]

I know RT is not as good as Fox News but...
[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/YB-SHNtI864[/YOUTUBE]

 

[bilby]

One drop of round up within 10 billion drops of water appears to cause an impairment of the sex hormones. In creased damage in the liver and kidneys.
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQNNDrT-zM[/YOUTUBE]

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The world is full of stuff that sounds scary if you know nothing about it. This is a reason to learn, not a reason to be frightened.

That they are able to detect such tiny traces of chemicals like Glyphosate is a wonder of modern science.

That people think such minuscule traces are a problem is an indictment of the woefully inadequate science education that most people receive.

Maybe you'd like to post some science on this?

What would the point be?

This is in political discussions. Presumably because the OP recognises that there is no science involved; it's only about fear.

We've been round the science track a few times on these boards, and the true believers who know that Glyphosate and Monsanto are evil just press on with their debunked claims regardless.

I'm not going to teach anyone six years of chemistry, biology, biochemistry and molecular biology in one of these threads; and even if I tried it will just fall on deaf ears. It's like trying to teach the theory of evolution to creationists - or playing chess against a pigeon.

You can take my word; or you can find out for yourself that I am right; or you can continue to be wrong. Frankly my only interest at this point is to ensure that anyone new to all this doesn't get the impression that the fear-mongering is unopposed, or that it is representative of anything other than ignorance.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

I'm just some guy reading the Internets. I don't have much of an opinion on this and am agnostic on a lot until I have reliable information.

Some questions and comments...

1. glyphosate is not just carcinogenic but harmful in other ways. There are studies that show harm to kidney and livers at ultra-low doses.
2. if glyphosate is found in the cotton gauze portion with no AMPA and the glyphosate is at concentration of 17 ppb, can it be absorbed into people's bodies?
3. What are reasonable expectations of glyphosate entering women's bodies from this source? What kind of concentration, what total amount, and for how long? Keep in mind that there is significant flow outward so is there any absorption at all? Does absorption only happen during non-flow times? Non-flow times, too, may not be significant if they are followed by flow?
4. All of these variables considered, what would be the overall impact to women?
5. Do such amounts of glyphosate in cotton gauze appear in non-tampon products such as simply from cotton balls bought in stores or sterile gauze used in hospitals?
6. For special categories of person who may be using cotton more than others (such as people with certain illnesses that cause frequent bleeding), what kinds of numbers are we looking at? Is there any impact to them?
7. Is Roundup the source of this issue? Why would or wouldn't it be?

 

[wally]

What about other cotton products? What about cotton produced in other countries?

Cotton of some form or another is probably in skin contact with most people daily. Cotton is everywhere. I usually wear cotton undergarments for many hours at a time. Should I be concerned?

Wally

 

[Bronzeage]

This is why tampons should always be cooked to an internal temperature of 180F.

 

[Will Wiley]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract
Background
Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) are the major pesticides used worldwide. Converging evidence suggests that GBH, such as Roundup, pose a particular health risk to liver and kidneys although low environmentally relevant doses have not been examined. To address this issue, a 2-year study in rats administering 0.1 ppb Roundup (50 ng/L glyphosate equivalent) via drinking water (giving a daily intake of 4 ng/kg bw/day of glyphosate) was conducted. A marked increased incidence of anatomorphological and blood/urine biochemical changes was indicative of liver and kidney structure and functional pathology. In order to confirm these findings we have conducted a transcriptome microarray analysis of the liver and kidneys from these same animals.

Results
The expression of 4224 and 4447 transcript clusters (a group of probes corresponding to a known or putative gene) were found to be altered respectively in liver and kidney (p < 0.01, q < 0.08). Changes in gene expression varied from −3.5 to 3.7 fold in liver and from −4.3 to 5.3 in kidneys. Among the 1319 transcript clusters whose expression was altered in both tissues, ontological enrichment in 3 functional categories among 868 genes were found. First, genes involved in mRNA splicing and small nucleolar RNA were mostly upregulated, suggesting disruption of normal spliceosome activity. Electron microscopic analysis of hepatocytes confirmed nucleolar structural disruption. Second, genes controlling chromatin structure (especially histone-lysine N-methyltransferases) were mostly upregulated. Third, genes related to respiratory chain complex I and the tricarboxylic acid cycle were mostly downregulated. Pathway analysis suggests a modulation of the mTOR and phosphatidylinositol signalling pathways. Gene disturbances associated with the chronic administration of ultra-low dose Roundup reflect a liver and kidney lipotoxic condition and increased cellular growth that may be linked with regeneration in response to toxic effects causing damage to tissues. Observed alterations in gene expression were consistent with fibrosis, necrosis, phospholipidosis, mitochondrial membrane dysfunction and ischemia, which correlate with and thus confirm observations of pathology made at an anatomical, histological and biochemical level.

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

 

[Rhea]

That people think such minuscule traces are a problem is an indictment of the woefully inadequate science education that most people receive.

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

 

[Juma]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

 

[braces_for_impact]

Isn't the news in the OP a good thing? Ladies, you never have to fear weeds growing in your pussy ever again!

 

[scombrid]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

That journal doesn't appear well edited.

Figure 1. Panel B.

Supposedly shows disruption of glycogen dispersion in Roundup vs. Control. Scale between the images is so different as to make visual inspection/comparison pointless.

Sloppy at best. I would have sent that back for correction or justification/explanation if I was a reviewer.

But I have a suspicion about why the particular levels of detail were selected.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

This seems relevant.

Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?

The current chronic kidney disease epidemic, the major health issue in the rice paddy farming areas in Sri Lanka has been the subject of many scientific and political debates over the last decade. Although there is no agreement among scientists about the etiology of the disease, a majority of them has concluded that this is a toxic nephropathy. None of the hypotheses put forward so far could explain coherently the totality of clinical, biochemical, histopathological findings, and the unique geographical distribution of the disease and its appearance in the mid-1990s. A strong association between the consumption of hard water and the occurrence of this special kidney disease has been observed, but the relationship has not been explained consistently. Here, we have hypothesized the association of using glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the disease endemic area and its unique metal chelating properties. The possible role played by glyphosate-metal complexes in this epidemic has not been given any serious consideration by investigators for the last two decades. Furthermore, it may explain similar kidney disease epidemics observed in Andra Pradesh (India) and Central America. Although glyphosate alone does not cause an epidemic of chronic kidney disease, it seems to have acquired the ability to destroy the renal tissues of thousands of farmers when it forms complexes with a localized geo environmental factor (hardness) and nephrotoxic metals.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945589/

 

[Juma]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

This seems relevant.

Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?

The current chronic kidney disease epidemic, the major health issue in the rice paddy farming areas in Sri Lanka has been the subject of many scientific and political debates over the last decade. Although there is no agreement among scientists about the etiology of the disease, a majority of them has concluded that this is a toxic nephropathy. None of the hypotheses put forward so far could explain coherently the totality of clinical, biochemical, histopathological findings, and the unique geographical distribution of the disease and its appearance in the mid-1990s. A strong association between the consumption of hard water and the occurrence of this special kidney disease has been observed, but the relationship has not been explained consistently. Here, we have hypothesized the association of using glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the disease endemic area and its unique metal chelating properties. The possible role played by glyphosate-metal complexes in this epidemic has not been given any serious consideration by investigators for the last two decades. Furthermore, it may explain similar kidney disease epidemics observed in Andra Pradesh (India) and Central America. Although glyphosate alone does not cause an epidemic of chronic kidney disease, it seems to have acquired the ability to destroy the renal tissues of thousands of farmers when it forms complexes with a localized geo environmental factor (hardness) and nephrotoxic metals.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945589/

Yes but totally noninformative until someone manage to show that there is any substance at all to that hypotesis....

Come on...

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

That journal doesn't appear well edited.

Figure 1. Panel B.

Supposedly shows disruption of glycogen dispersion in Roundup vs. Control. Scale between the images is so different as to make visual inspection/comparison pointless.

Sloppy at best. I would have sent that back for correction or justification/explanation if I was a reviewer.

But I have a suspicion about why the particular levels of detail were selected.

Scale matters a lot more when you are trying to point out that that sizes are different. However, in this case is this what is being pointed out? or is there some other difference being pointed out?

 

[bilby]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

This seems relevant.

Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?

...

Why? Are women in the habit of flushing highly mineralised water over their sanitary products and then drinking the resulting solution?

Because if they are not, it cannot possibly be relevant.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

This seems relevant.

Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?

...

Why? Are women in the habit of flushing highly mineralised water over their sanitary products and then drinking the resulting solution?

Because if they are not, it cannot possibly be relevant.

Whether thresholds are correct is relevant and so is absorption. Please refer to previous post.

 

[scombrid]

Transcriptome profile analysis reflects rat liver and kidney damage following chronic ultra-low dose Roundup exposure

Abstract

Conclusion
Our results suggest that chronic exposure to a GBH in an established laboratory animal toxicity model system at an ultra-low, environmental dose can result in liver and kidney damage with potential significant health implications for animal and human populations.

Looking forward to further discussion.

I'll wait for someones to reproduce this before giving a damn.

(And: Environment health" has an impact factor < 3.)

This seems relevant.

Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals: Are They the Culprits Behind the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Sri Lanka?

...

Why? Are women in the habit of flushing highly mineralised water over their sanitary products and then drinking the resulting solution?

Because if they are not, it cannot possibly be relevant.

There is a lot of occupational and environmental exposure at play in that Sri Lanka case:

When we go back to the CKDu situation in Sri Lanka and hypothesize that glyphosate is “Compound X”, we can explain almost all of the above-mentioned observations coherently. It provides rational answers for the geographical distribution of the CKDu and the appearance of the disease in the mid-1990s. Glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA can directly leach into the ground water and easily chelate to Ca, Mg and Sr copiously present in ground water in the North Central Province and adjacent rice paddy farming areas in the Sri Lanka. Many farmers use hard water to dissolve glyphosate to prepare the spraying solutions as well. Further it is reported that rice paddy farming soil in CKDu endemic area is rich with Ca, Mg, Fe, Cr, Nickel (Ni), Co and other metals [53,54]. It can easily combine with glyphosate and form complexes, which later leach into the ground water. Ferric ions also play a significant role in the process of adsorption of glyphosate and AMPA in soil [55]. Furthermore, within a couple of weeks after the spraying of glyphosate farmers apply triple phosphate (TSP) to the paddy fields. Recent findings have shown that the TSP available in Sri Lanka is contaminated with significant amounts of Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb [54]. Divalent cations of these nephrotoxic metals are capable of forming stable compounds with glyphosate [35]. Furthermore, it was also found that TSP used in Sri Lanka is a very rich source of arsenic [56].

Other modes of ingestion of glyphosate are dermal and respiratory. Low levels of glyphosate have frequently been detected in the urine of farm workers shortly after the glyphosate application [57]. Farmers in Sri Lanka spray pesticides manually under hot climatic conditions. Glyphosate preparations are easily dissolved in sweat and absorbed transdermally [58]. As the majority of farmers do not use any protective gear, absorption through the respiratory route may also play a significant role. Rice is the staple diet of farmers. Recent findings have revealed that rice, vegetables and raw tobacco available in the CKDu endemic areas are contaminated with Cd and As [2]. Chewing of betel with tobacco is a common practice among farmers in Sri Lanka. The phosphorous atom in the phosphonic group in the glyphosate/AMPA molecule can possibly be replaced by As [59,60]. Following dermal and respiratory absorption of glyphosate, it can form complexes with nephrotoxic metals and As derived from rice, vegetables and tobacco within the circulation. As such, we can identify three potential sources of glyphosate/AMPA-metal complexes:

I don't think that glyphosate is going to be the smoking gun in that case.

The phosphate that is laced with nephrotoxic metals is a likely quite a problem.

It might, but then even as that paper says it would be the heavy occupational exposure to glyphosate in concert with hardwater and heavy metals.