For anyone who doesn't want to register for that website here's a snippet of what was in the pdf (I'm only pasting the portion relevant to Gly). Note that there is NO smoking gun in this article, merely a possible statistical link.
As far as "taking baths" in the pesticides, that would be one way of accelerating a lifetime of exposure. I post the info not to incite fear or to make people hysterical but to be aware that such information *may* be coming out of a university or government agency before long and to remind people that they should be careful. Not everyone reads those warning labels.
I like using Glyphosate, but I'm not going to tell people it's perfectly safe to use.
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum
herbicide, currently with the highest
production volumes of all herbicides.
It is used in more than 750 diff erent
products for agriculture, forestry,
urban, and home applications. Its
use has increased sharply with the
development of genetically modifi ed
glyphosate-resistant crop varieties.
Glyphosate has been detected in air
during spraying, in water, and in food.
There was limited evidence in humans
for the carcinogenicity of glyphosate.
Case-control studies of occupational
exposure in the USA,14 Canada,6
and
Sweden7
reported increased risks
for non-Hodgkin lymphoma that
persisted after adjustment for other
pesticides. The AHS cohort did not
show a signifi cantly increased risk
of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In male
CD-1 mice, glyphosate induced a
positive trend in the incidence of a
rare tumour, renal tubule carcinoma. A
second study reported a positive trend
for haemangiosarcoma in male mice.15
Glyphosate increased pancreatic
islet-cell adenoma in male rats in two
studies. A glyphosate formulation
promoted skin tumours in an
initiation-promotion study in mice.
Glyphosate has been detected in
the blood and urine of agricultural
workers, indicating absorption.
Soil microbes degrade glyphosate
to aminomethylphosphoric acid
(AMPA). Blood AMPA detection
after poisonings suggests intestinal
micro bial metabolism in humans.
Glyphosate and glyphosate formulations
induced DNA and chromosomal
damage in mammals, and in human
and animal cells in vitro. One study
reported increases in blood markers of
chromosomal damage (micronuclei) in
residents of several communities after
spraying of glyphosate formulations.16
Bacterial mutagenesis tests were
negative. Glyphosate, glyphosate
formulations, and AMPA induced
oxidative stress in rodents and in
vitro. The Working Group classifi ed
glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic
to humans” (Group 2A).
this link is just for fun:
Roundup: so safe you can drink it? - Seattle GMO | Examiner.com