This is my fourth article on the Zika scam. A virus is being blamed for destruction that actually comes from other forces.
In a previous piece, I listed the top six causes for what is happening
in the center of the storm, Brazil, where babies are being born with
smaller heads (microcephaly) and brain damage. One of those causes is
pesticides/herbicides.
Here I'm presenting information from an animal study that implicates
glyphosate, the central ingredient in Monsanto's herbicide, Roundup, in
microcephaly and cranial malformations.
One of authors of this study is the late Argentine researcher, Andres
Carrasco, who was subjected to scientific censorship and threats during
his career.
The study was published on May 20, 2010 (Chem. Res. Toxicol.). It is titled: "Glyphosate-Based Herbicides (GBH) Produce Teratogenic Effects on Vertebrates by Impairing Retinoic Acid Signalling."
The study provoked a highly critical response from Monsanto, to which
author Carrasco replied in kind, remarking that agenda-driven
corporate-dominated research blankets the landscape, whereas truly
independent inquiry gets short shrift.
The researchers in the study used xenopus laevis (frog) and chicken
embryos. Administering glyphosate to chicken embryos produced
"reduction of optic vesicles" and "microcephaly," which is the key
deformation in the so-called "Zika virus outbreak."
The authors write, "The direct effect of glyphosate [on the
embryos]... opens concerns about the clinical findings from human
offspring in populations exposed to GBH [glyphosate-based herbicides] in
agricultural fields."
And if there is any doubt that the authors are talking about the birth
defects now being (falsely) attributed to the Zika virus, they follow up
with this comment: "There is growing evidence raising concerns
about the effects of GBH [glyphosate-based herbicides] on people living
in areas where herbicides are intensely used. Women exposed during
pregnancy to herbicides delivered offspring with congenital
malformations, including microcephaly [small heads], anencephaly
[missing major parts of brain and skull in embryos], and cranial
malformations."
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