FDA nugget: "i would certainly expect the levels of glyphosate in humans to rise over time........

[womanofthehills]

given the steady increase of the use of glyphosate both domestically and internationally."

[PoliticAverse]

1. We'll be weed free! n/t

[Eko]

2. There are some things that should be noted.

"Re the levels, assuming the study is valid (big assumption)........However, I don't know if sub ppb levels of glyphosate in urine is significant; a 1000% of nothing is still nothing. "
Bold is mine.

[womanofthehills]

4. I think that they are worried about it should be noted

Also:

Medical Journals: Monsanto Glyphosate in Pee, Bad for Health

New research in the prestigious medical journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) reports on the startling evidence that glyphosate—the main ingredient in Monsanto’s weed-killer, Roundup—is not only getting into our bodies, but has been doing so at increasing levels for decades.

The paper, published today (JAMA October 24/31, 2017 Volume 318, Number 16) by medical experts from the University of California measured levels of glyphosate in the urine of one hundred people. The study subjects had been involved in a study since the 1970’s which allowed the researchers to go back and look at historical and current levels of glyphosate in urine over decades. And, the trend is rising, as glyphosate crop uses rise across the country!

(Graph at link)

Unfortunately, it is difficult to know what these levels in our bodies mean for our health risks, since the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to conduct a proper risk assessment for glyphosate that includes the aggregate of all our glyphosate exposures—as required by law—from food, drinking water, and residential uses of the herbicide. Even worse—federal agencies don’t even know how much glyphosate is in our food and drinking water because glyphosate has never been included in the federal pesticide residue testing program. This is completely outrageous given that it is used at approximately 300 billion pounds annually in U.S. agriculture, including on food crops like corn and soybeans. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only recently started to test for residues of glyphosate in common foods, and only after tremendous public pressure.

However, even without knowing where all our exposures are coming from, having glyphosate flowing within and through our bodies on a regular basis is disturbing because it is a carcinogen. It was classified in 2015 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as “probably” carcinogenic to people (Group 2A), and since July of this year it has been listed in the State of California under Proposition 65 as Known to Cause Cancer in people.

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/medical-journals-calling-out-monsantos-glyphosate-pollution

[Eko]

5. Do you know that salt is a carcinogen?

[womanofthehills]

6. Salt doesn't have all the goodies that go along with the glyphosate

I don't believe salt has "inert" secret ingredients or that it is a carcinogen. Show me a Material Data Safety Sheet listing salt as a carcinogen...... I haven't seen one.

US government researchers have uncovered evidence that some popular weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, are potentially more toxic to human cells than their active ingredient is by itself.

These “formulated” weedkillers are commonly used in agriculture, leaving residues in food and water, as well as public spaces such as golf courses, parks and children’s playgrounds.

The tests are part of the US National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) first-ever examination of herbicide formulations made with the active ingredient glyphosate, but that also include other chemicals. While regulators have previously required extensive testing of glyphosate in isolation, government scientists have not fully examined the toxicity of the more complex products sold to consumers, farmers and others.

Monsanto introduced its glyphosate-based Roundup brand in 1974. But it is only now, after more than 40 years of widespread use, that the government is investigating the toxicity of “glyphosate-based herbicides” on human cells.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/08/weedkiller-tests-monsanto-health-dangers-active-ingredient

[Eko]

7. Here ya go.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found that there is probable evidence that both salt and salt preserved foods are associated with an increased risk of stomach cancer[2]. Probably is the second highest level of evidence of a link and denotes a causal association. This finding is consistent with other review articles[5][6][7][8], and the World Health Organization report published in 2003, which classified salt preserved foods and salt as probably causing stomach cancer[9].

https://wiki.cancer.org.au/policy/Position_statement_-_Salt_and_cancer_risk

[Squinch]

3. The "Roundup is fabulous" crew here at DU should be happy to hear this.