Why You Should Eat Organic and Eco-Friendly Plants: Avoid Glyphosate-Resistant GMOs
Dr. Lee Most genetically modified GMO soybeans and GMO corn currently grown today carry a gene that makes them resistant to a herbicide called glyphosate. The World Health Organization has designated glyphosate as a carcinogen. According to a report by the researcher Swanson, glyphosate accounts for 90% of the cause of most cancers (Swanson et al., 2014).
Susan Why is glyphosate a carcinogen?
Dr. Lee Glyphosate is a word combining 'glycine' and 'phosphate.' Glycine is one of the 20 amino acids, and phosphate is a phosphate group carrying a negative charge. The basic structure of an amino acid has an amino group (positively charged) on one end and a carboxyl group (negatively charged) on the other. But in glyphosate, a negatively charged phosphate group has been attached to the amino end. So glyphosate carries negative charges on both ends. That's why it can damage DNA. It causes a wide range of side effects โ for example, reports show it damages P450, an enzyme important for energy production in mitochondria, thereby reducing energy generation (Samsel & Seneff, 2013).
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