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Studies Link Monsanto’s Glyphosate to Ocean Death

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If you find the Before and After pictures shocking, they were for me as well. In 2013, while snorkeling off Port Douglas on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, even the boat captain had a hard time finding any coral area that wasn’t bleached of all color with little to no visible marine life.

As a certified diver, who has dove many reefs, I was ready to see an incredible display of aquatic life. Everything looked absolutely dead.

“What happened?” I asked. The explanation back then was pollution. No one mentioned what exactly that “pollution” might be.

Today we are getting a much clearer picture, and it may mean throwing out what we’ve been programmed to believe about fossil fuels, CO2 emissions and global warming being the main culprit killing our oceans and planet. Now, according to research by the Marine Pollution Bulletin and others, we can add glyphosate, Monsanto’s Roundup Ready herbicide, to the top of the list.

Everything in the ocean relies on phytoplankton for their sole food source. That includes whales, reefs, sponges, coral, etc. Some fish rely on getting their phytoplankton needs met by feeding on other fish who feed off the plankton. Everything is interconnected. In the ocean, phytoplankton is as at the very top of the food chain. It’s paramount to survival.

Phytoplankton is a photosynthetic plant that basically amounts to ocean algae. Its biological processes are the same as land-based plants. Ocean and coral reef death can be traced to phytoplankton die-off, which has accelerated by 40 percent since the 1950’s. It wasn’t long before some researchers started asking: What new substance was introduced in the last 40 years that kills virtually all land-based plants? The answer: Glyphosate.

Coral reefs are largely plant life. Glyphosate is a plant-killer, designed to annihilate any life it comes in contact with that isn’t protected by genetic modification. Run-off from agricultural spraying of this weed killer goes into our rivers and is dumped into the ocean in less than 40 days. It maintains roughly 80% of its killing capacity.

The researchers found the most notable phytoplankton declines in waters near both poles, in the tropics, as well as in the open ocean. So basically, everywhere. Conventional science tells us that phytoplankton die-off is due to warmer waters from climate change. Then one has to ask oneself: Why is the die-off also occurring in the colder waters at the Arctic poles? Apparently temperature is not the determining factor, so there goes the global warming explanation.

Phytoplankton die-off eventually leads to ocean acidification. Some recent studies are showing that true to the interconnectedness of nature, ocean acidification may actually have a climatic effect of its own. While climate change and ocean acidification are parallel phenomena, there are also some cross-links enabling them to interact. Rising temperatures and changing seawater chemistry are known to have an impact on marine life, and some of those impacts could, in turn, cause rising air and sea temperatures. That’s why it’s called the climate system. When you affect one thing, other things change as well.

While phytoplankton is dying, so is the planet’s abundant marine life. Hundreds of Pacific salmon are disappearing at an alarming rate. Experts believe they are starving to death because the once flourishing plankton pastures have turned into lifeless deserts. This, in turn, could contribute to the increase in large-scale whale beachings and fish deaths seen in recent years.

Why is glyphosate’s run-off so deadly to our oceans? Glyphosate’s half-life, or the rate at which it breaks down, is dramatically longer in the ocean than in fresh water. This is because glyphosate is a salt and in the presence of ocean salts it acts as a preservative. Even worse, it gathers strength over time leading to massive plankton and aquatic die-off. Unfortunately, this news is not being reported.

The studies say: “The half-life for glyphosate at 25°C in low-light was 47 days, extending to 267 days in the dark at 25°C and 315 days in the dark at 31°C, which is the longest persistence reported for this herbicide.”

In soil, the chemical’s half-life is as quick as 5 days. In bog or fresh water, it’s 49 days. Since so many agricultural countries in the world use this dangerous herbicide, glyphosate is now being detected in a diversity of water bodies when samples are analyzed. However, most countries fail to include regular glyphosate-monitoring programs. Stand-alone analytical methods are often cost-prohibitive, resulting in a long-term deficiency in global datasets (Barceló and Hennion, 2003).

Australia uses Roundup Ready at a rate of 30 million pounds each year. The U.S. uses a staggering 180-185+ million pounds each year. Now imagine all the millions of pounds other countries use as well. Most of this ends up finding its way to our oceans.

What if we’ve gotten the whole global warming theory backwards? What if burning fossil fuels isn’t the primary cause of climate change, but toxic chemicals ARE through a natural chain reaction?  Global warming activist Al Gore was recently interviewed by Fox Newscaster Chris Wallace in June of this year. Gore admitted that on a global scale “emissions have stabilized and are beginning to decline”. So if we’ve cut down on fuel emissions, while being taxed and regulated to use these resources (the Carbon Tax), why are we not seeing any real difference? In fact, it seems to be getting worse according to Gore.

The oceans are trying to tell us something, if we would only listen. Oceans play an important role in keeping the Earth’s carbon cycle in balance. If we are killing off the oceans due to glyphosate run-off, which causes widespread plankton and aquatic death and ocean acidification, which causes the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to rise along with climate temperature, then perhaps a better solution can be offered. Place a worldwide ban on glyphosate and stop it from poisoning our Earth.

In 2015 Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer (glyphosate) was classified as “probably” carcinogenic in humans. This was affirmed by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) after conducting a comprehensive review on the safety of this crop chemical. It only affirmed what independent science has been saying for years. It’s in our food, in our air, in our rivers and oceans—pretty much every where.

It’s becoming more and more evident that chemical companies are destroying our planet.  It wasn’t until the mid 1970’s that Monsanto started really mass-marketing glyphosate, even though it was being used experimentally since the 50’s when it was first formulated. By 1980 it had become the best-selling herbicide in the world. In the early 1990’s people really started noticing ecological changes in the Great Barrier Reef which stretches for over 1,400 miles off Queensland’s north-west coast. This reef was once home to 1,625 species of fish, 3,000 molluscs and 30 different types of whale and dolphin.

Leading environmental writer Rowan Jacobsen recently wrote: “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness. It was 25 million years old.” Death by poisoning.

No ocean is immune and neither are we. Monsanto’s judgment time will come. I actively encourage all documentary producers and environmental writers and activists to start covering this disturbing topic. Life depends on it.

For more information, read:  Effects of Herbicide Glyphosate and Glyphosate-Based Formulations on Aquatic Ecosystems

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Dr. Kathy Forti is a clinical psychologist, inventor of the Trinfinity8 technology, and author of the book, Fractals of God: A Psychologist’s Near-Death Experience and Journeys Into the Mystical

Answers to the American Epidemic of Gluten Intolerance

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Bread groupWhat would life be like without bread?  We all love and crave our carbs.  Yet, so many people in the United States are finding that this basic staple of life no longer agrees with them. It wasn’t always this way and you have to ask why?  What causes the strange symptoms known as “gluten intolerance” that many people get from eating wheat?  The signs read like a pharmaceutical warning label: gas, bloating, gastrointestinal distress, diarrhea, constipation, brain fog, chronic fatigue and even autoimmune disease.

The primary culprit is not Monsanto genetically modified wheat (GMOs), which is bad enough, but the Roundup herbicide widely used by American farmers growing GMO wheat.  About 20 years ago Monsanto started preparing their wheat seeds to be “Roundup Ready.”  They told people that without strong pesticide use, we as a nation would not be able to keep up with the growing food demand of our population.  Of course, this was false info (aka propaganda). Yet,  as a result, agricultural methods changed and all farmers are now required to use preharvest Roundup herbicide with their GMO crops.pesticide

According to Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT, who has studied the issue in-depth, back in the late 1990’s they began spraying non-organic wheat crops with the toxic chemical glyphosate (Roundup), which helped release more seeds from the wheat resulting in a “slightly” greater crop yield.  More wheat, more profits. The farmers call this method “desiccation.”

Roundup saturates the entire wheat plant and residues of this pesticide show up regularly in bread samples. This toxic use of glyphosate in the US wheat crop since 1996 has caused  the incidence of celiac disease to skyrocket, according to a 2013 study published in the Journal Interdisciplinary Toxicology which examined glyphosate pathways to autoimmune disease. The Journal Entropy agrees with the findings.

Glyphosate significantly disrupts the functioning of beneficial bacteria in the gut and contributes to the permeability of the intestinal wall, resulting in autoimmune symptoms. The normal reaction to any harmful element the body tries to rid itself of is an inflammatory/allergic response. It’s the most likely reason for the rise in common food and environmental allergies as well.

Not surprisingly, glyphosate is now commonly found in human urine. Gluten intolerance is not just genetic in nature, as many people have been led to believe, but clearly environmental. It won’t kill you immediately, but over time it can cause systemic damage. The increase in such diseases as diabetes, Alzheimer’s, allergies, obesity, cancer, depression, heart disease, infertility, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, ALS and autism, have more than doubled since Roundup came on the scene in 1996.  The conclusion—our food supply is being poisoned.

glyphosateMany friends have told me that when traveling in Europe, and other countries, they can eat all the bread and wheat products they want without suffering gluten intolerance symptoms. The difference is many countries do not flood their crops with pesticides like we do. To-date, 38 countries worldwide have either officially banned the use of Roundup Ready and/or the cultivation of GM crops. Only 28 countries actually grow GM crops.

The slogan “Banned in Europe, Safe in the U.S.” makes the United States look downright shameful. The FDA and our government, who keep approving these toxic methods, should be charged with crimes against humanity for allowing the poisoning of their populace in the interests of corporate greed.

Most people in this country think that if they eat only gluten-free products they will be healthier. NOT TRUE. Food manufacturers replace wheat, barley and/or rye with white rice (which breaks down into sugar). Then to make matters worse, they also add more sugar to make their product more palatable. Read the labels. It’s either poison by glyphosate or by sugar. Not much of a choice. It reminds me of all those “healthy” fat-free products on the market. They just remove the fat and replace it with more sugar. It seems to be America’s quick sugar-fix solution.

So what can one eat? There’s not much you can do if you usually eat out, except to exclusively patronize organic food restaurants (which only means that no pesticides were used in their foods).  But can you always be so sure? If you mostly eat at home, you can use low-gluten unhybridized Einkorn wheat to make your pancakes, breads, pizza dough, and other wheat-requiring products. I’m told it not only tastes better, but the body easily digests it since it’s pure wheat. Do your research and you be the judge.

For a fascinating full explanation of how GMO’s and Roundup took over the food supply CLICK here.

NEWS UPDATE:  March 25, 2015…..Glyphosate, the toxic active ingredient  in the Monsanto’s flagship herbicide Roundup, was “classified as probably carcinogenic to humans” according to a new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the Word Health Organization’s France-based cancer research arm.

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Dr. Kathy Forti is a clinical psychologist, inventor of the Trinfinity8 technology, and author of the book, Fractals of God.   amazon.com/author/k