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Glyphosate / Roundup
About
Glyphosate is very controversial. It is a Toxin, that is, it is capable of doing damage to organisms. After all, it's a weed killer. But, is it dangerous to Humans? That is what all the debate is about. Whether it Does cause cancer, birth defects and all the other problems it is accused of, and whether Monsanto knew it would. The experts are still at odds on all of this, though there seems to a consensus that it Could, there is none on whether it Does.
This article is available at : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15862083
National Poisons Information Service (Birmingham Centre) and West Midlands Poisons Unit, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Chemically Speaking
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate, which acts by inhibiting the plant enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase. It is used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses that compete with crops. Wikipedia