Glyphosate acts as a toxicant by activating voltage-gated calcium channels, the same mechanism activated by Electro Magnetic Fields
Martin Pall, 3 February 2014 (via WEEP News, Canada)
A number of people with these diseases (see http://www.thetenthparadigm.org/index.html) have reported apparent sensitivity to roundup herbicide and its "active" ingredient, glyphosate and there has been concern because the EPA has apparently already approved of allowing much higher levels of glyphosate in non-organic foods. I recently found a paper showing that glyphosate acts as a toxicant by activating voltage-gated calcium channels, the same mechanism activated by electromagnetic field exposure. There is no reason to doubt that such increased intracellular calcium levels should be able to up-regulate the NO/ONOO- cycle and therefore most if not all NO/ONOO- cycle caused diseases. I think that there is reason for concern here. It may well be the case that glyphosate may act synergistically with EMF exposures to together produce much higher pathophysiological responses.
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Martin Pall
Roundup disrupts male reproductive functions by triggering calcium-mediated cell death in rat testis and Sertoli cells.
Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 2013 Dec;65:335-46. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.06.043. Epub 2013 Jun 29.
de Liz Oliveira Cavalli VL, Cattani D, Heinz Rieg CE, Pierozan P, Zanatta L, Benedetti Parisotto E, Wilhelm Filho D, Mena Barreto Silva FR, Pessoa-Pureur R,Zamoner A.
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A number of people with these diseases (see http://www.thetenthparadigm.org/index.html) have reported apparent sensitivity to roundup herbicide and its "active" ingredient, glyphosate and there has been concern because the EPA has apparently already approved of allowing much higher levels of glyphosate in non-organic foods. I recently found a paper showing that glyphosate acts as a toxicant by activating voltage-gated calcium channels, the same mechanism activated by electromagnetic field exposure. There is no reason to doubt that such increased intracellular calcium levels should be able to up-regulate the NO/ONOO- cycle and therefore most if not all NO/ONOO- cycle caused diseases. I think that there is reason for concern here. It may well be the case that glyphosate may act synergistically with EMF exposures to together produce much higher pathophysiological responses.
You are welcome to freely forward this message.
Martin Pall
Roundup disrupts male reproductive functions by triggering calcium-mediated cell death in rat testis and Sertoli cells.
Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 2013 Dec;65:335-46. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.06.043. Epub 2013 Jun 29.
de Liz Oliveira Cavalli VL, Cattani D, Heinz Rieg CE, Pierozan P, Zanatta L, Benedetti Parisotto E, Wilhelm Filho D, Mena Barreto Silva FR, Pessoa-Pureur R,Zamoner A.
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