Is Monsanto’s Roundup Pesticide Glyphosate Safe?

Higher levels of pesticides on GMO soy is a concern since Monsanto’s Roundup has been shown to be to have adverse effects on human placental tissue.

Commercial interests can have a corrupting effect on the science of nutrition and hold sway over institutions that are supposed to operate in the public interest. See for example:

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[NutritionFactsOrg]

Did you watch this weeks’ most popular video on how Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide was found to be among the most toxic?

[antoniaasmr]

Bless you for making behavior due to economic interests sound factual as opposed to imagined. Thanks for the warning.

[MrSzymonurai]

Best video since it actually shows "round up" as more than one ingredient. Since "round up" is more than just glyphosate. Glyphosate alone is hard to prove harm and easier to defend for Monsanto. It is the combination in "round up" that causes harm.

[notrandom]

why would miners send canaries in a mine before allowing a human to enter??? Think about that.

[johndavid]

Would like to know how to stop them. The knowledge in itself is mostly depressing, knowing they don't have to label any of it. Love your vids. Thanks.

[tamcon]

Want your toxicity study results to be vague with regard to effects on humans?  Use rats!  Good ol' rats, yes, they throw the results off just far enough as to render any extrapolation to effects on humans ambiguous.  Thanks for posting this, Doc.

[lorenzfish]

The chemical is :  Gly - PHO - sate  (it is not gly - phos - phate)
Otherwise, thank you for the informative video. 

[harmonyrose]

Thanks Dr Greger, for your thorough investigating reporting on this.  It's good to see all of these research papers side by side, and what they are actually revealing.  Love your work!

[OGMizen]

So if its fine if all the animals die.. just not humans..? Oh jesus..

[EmmaSpAce]

Well fuck. My dad is exposed to a lot of shit as a farmer. Between this, diesel exhaust, and who know what, I'm concerned. His side of the family has a serious history of cancer too. There is so much that makes me think oh shit about his health. I mean, I grew up on the same farm, but I wasn't the one using this.

[justinhale]

After watching a video about trends in gluten intolerance from @PlantChompers my family replaced conventionally grown grains and beans with organic. After just days, years of digestive illness were completely gone or hardly noticeable. I hope you do a follow up on this for those with IBS and other chronic conditions.

[yangtse]

I'm generally a massive fan of Michael Greger, but as a left wing environmentalist I refuse to vote "Green" because of their ignorant approach to this topic. At the end of the day it's all about "Agent Orange". I suggest people genuinely interested in learning about this topic check out Myles Power's videos.

[Quasar]

VERY enlightening.... Now ... What do we do with this information?

[PeterSorensen-vobz]

Roundup is a herbicide not a pesticide.
Just saying.

[scarletstark]

Without proper labeling I am worried that I am consuming roundup pesticide. Please get your senator to mandate GMO labeling of food products.

[opheliaelesse]

Who would have thought that?
What?
That they lie to you.
😯

[neilamadhava]

Is it just me or does monsanto seem kind of shady?

[batfink]

Surely washing fruits and vegetables thouroughly before eating prevents most of what you've said.

[aguy]

Just ditch soy. It's not worth putting into your body. You don't need tofu or those nasty frozen veggies burgers. There are so many better whole food options.

[killyourtelllievision]

Kind of a catch 22. Monsanto (1\3 of Evil, Inc. w Halliburton & BP) because if they DID do human research, who would be dumb enough to take part if they know anything about Monsanto (who that is, still breathing?)? I'm trying to thing but I'm drawing a blank about what it is and when it was that Monsanto ever produced ANYTHING that wasn't at least controversial or at worst harmful to anything that breathes