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Half of All Children
Will Be Autistic by 2025, Warns Senior Research Scientist at MIT
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Why? Evidence points to glyphosate toxicity from the overuse of
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on our food.
For over three decades, Stephanie Seneff, PhD, has researched
biology and technology, over the years publishing over 170 scholarly peer-reviewed articles.
In recent years she has concentrated on the relationship between nutrition and
health, tackling such topics as Alzheimer’s, autism, and cardiovascular
diseases, as well as the impact of nutritional deficiencies and environmental
toxins on human health.
At a conference last Thursday, in a special panel discussion about
GMOs, she took the audience by surprise when she declared, “At today’s rate, by 2025, one in two
children will be autistic.” She noted that the side effects of autism
closely mimic those of glyphosate toxicity, and presented data showing a remarkably consistent correlation between the use of
Roundup on crops (and the creation of Roundup-ready GMO crop seeds) with rising
rates of autism. Children with autism have biomarkers indicative of excessive
glyphosate, including zinc and iron deficiency, low serum sulfate, seizures,
and mitochondrial disorder.
A fellow panelist reported that after Dr. Seneff’s presentation, “All of the
70 or so people in attendance were squirming, likely because they now had
serious misgivings about serving their kids, or themselves, anything with corn
or soy, which are nearly all genetically modified and thus tainted with Roundup
and its glyphosate.”
Dr. Seneff noted the ubiquity of glyphosate’s use. Because it is
used on corn and soy, all soft drinks and candies sweetened with corn syrup and
all chips and cereals that contain soy fillers have small amounts of glyphosate
in them, as do our beef and poultry since cattle and chicken are fed GMO corn
or soy. Wheat is often sprayed with Roundup just prior to being harvested,
which means that all non-organic bread and wheat products would also be sources
of glyphosate toxicity. The amount of glyphosate in each product may not be large,
but the cumulative effect (especially with as much processed food as Americans
eat) could be devastating. A recent study shows that pregnant women living near farms
where pesticides are applied have a 60% increased risk of children having an
autism spectrum disorder.
Other toxic substances may also be autism-inducing. You may recall
our story on the CDC whistleblower who revealed the
government’s deliberate concealment of the link between the MMR vaccine (for
measles, mumps, and rubella) and a sharply increased risk of autism,
particularly in African American boys. Other studies now show a link between children’s exposure
to pesticides and autism. Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which
can emit phthalate chemicals, are more likely to have autism. Children whose
mothers smoked were also twice as likely to have autism. Research now
acknowledges that environmental contaminants such as PCBs, PBDEs, and mercury
can alter brain neuron functioning even before a child is born.
This month, the USDA released a study finding that although there were
detectable levels of pesticide residue in more than half of food tested by the
agency, 99% of samples taken were found to be within levels the government
deems safe, and 40% were found to have no detectable trace of pesticides at
all. The USDA added, however, that due to “cost concerns,” it did not test
for residues of glyphosate. Let’s repeat that: they never tested for the
active ingredient in the most widely used herbicide in the world. “Cost
concerns”? How absurd—unless they mean it will cost them too much in terms of
the special relationship between the USDA and Monsanto. You may recall the
revolving door between Monsanto and the federal government, with agency
officials becoming high-paying executives—and vice versa! Money, power,
prestige: it’s all there. Monsanto and the USDA love to scratch each others’
backs. Clearly this omission was purposeful.
In addition, as
we have previously reported, the number of adverse reactions from vaccines
can be correlated as well with autism, though Seneff says it doesn’t correlate
quite as closely as with Roundup. The same correlations between applications of
glyphosate and autism show up in deaths from senility.
Of course, autism is a complex problem with many potential causes.
Dr. Seneff’s data, however, is particularly important considering how close the
correlation is—and because it is coming from a scientist with impeccable
credentials. Earlier this year, she spoke at the Autism One conference and
presented many of the same facts; that presentation is available on
YouTube.
Monsanto claims that Roundup is harmless to humans. Bacteria,
fungi, algae, parasites, and plants use a seven-step metabolic route known as the shikimate pathway for the biosynthesis of aromatic
amino acids; glyphosate inhibits this pathway, causing the plant to die, which
is why it’s so effective as an herbicide. Monsanto says humans don’t have this
shikimate pathway, so it’s perfectly safe.
Dr. Seneff points out, however, that our gut bacteria do
have this pathway, and that’s crucial because these bacteria supply our body
with crucial amino acids. Roundup thus kills beneficial gut bacteria, allowing
pathogens to grow; interferes with the synthesis of amino acids including
methionine, which leads to shortages in critical neurotransmitters and folate;
chelates (removes) important minerals like iron, cobalt and manganese; and much
more.
Even worse, she notes, additional chemicals in Roundup are untested
because they’re classified as “inert,” yet according to a 2014
study in BioMed Research International, these chemicals are capable of
amplifying the toxic effects of Roundup hundreds of times over.
Glyphosate is present in unusually high quantities in the breast
milk of American mothers, at anywhere from 760 to 1,600 times the allowable
limits in European drinking water. Urine testing shows Americans have ten times
the glyphosate accumulation as Europeans.
“In my view, the situation is almost beyond repair,” Dr. Seneff
said after her presentation. “We need to do something drastic.”
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