Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment

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Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Stephanie Seneff (Author), Jill Smith (Narrator), Chelsea Green Publishing (Publisher)

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From an MIT scientist, mounting evidence that the active ingredient in the world’s most commonly used weedkiller is responsible for debilitating chronic diseases, including cancer, liver disease, and more

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the most commonly used weedkiller in the world. Nearly 300 million pounds of glyphosate-based herbicide are sprayed on farms - and food - every year.

Agrochemical companies claim that glyphosate is safe for humans, animals, and the environment. But emerging scientific research on glyphosate’s deadly disruption of the gut microbiome, its crippling effect on protein synthesis, and its impact on the body’s ability to use and transport sulfur - not to mention several landmark legal cases - tells a very different story.

In Toxic Legacy, senior research scientist Stephanie Seneff, PhD, delivers compelling evidence based on countless published, peer-reviewed studies - all in frank, illuminating, and always accessible language.

Throughout Toxic Legacy, listeners will discover:

The uniquely toxic nature of glyphosate
How glyphosate disrupts the microbiome, leading to gut dysbiosis, autoimmunity, neurodegeneration, and more
Why we’re seeing a rise in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, infertility, depression, and anxiety
Glyphosate’s role in soil degeneration, water contamination, and threats to wildlife and biodiversity
Important nutritional guidance for conscientious consumers who want to avoid glyphosate-contaminated foods and improve their health

As Rachel Carson did with DDT in the 1960s, Stephanie Seneff sounds the alarm on glyphosate, giving you guidance on simple, powerful changes you can make right now and essential information you need to protect your health, your family’s health, and the planet on which we all depend.

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Listening Length

8 hours and 26 minutes
Author

Stephanie Seneff
Narrator

Jill Smith
Audible release date

July 1, 2021
Language

English
Publisher

Chelsea Green Publishing
ASIN

B095L44NHC
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	8 hours and 26 minutes
Author	Stephanie Seneff
Narrator	Jill Smith
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	July 01, 2021
Publisher	Chelsea Green Publishing
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B095L44NHC
Best Sellers Rank	#37,304 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #10 in Agriculture & Food Policy (Books) #11 in Chemistry (Audible Books & Originals) #17 in Public Health (Audible Books & Originals)

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Critically important content, hard to get through all the science

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2021

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This was an eye-opening teardown of the pesticide glyphosate (more commonly known as RoundUp). Within the first two or three chapters Seneff has convinced you that it is incredibly toxic stuff - and likely contributing to a large amount of chronic health conditions that have increased in prevalence over the last 30ish years. She cites hundreds of scientific papers backing this up, and then dives deep (very deep) into the biological mechanisms by which this is all happening inside our bodies.

The book gets increasingly focused on biology (and increasingly difficult for non-biologists) as you go. Starting with the big picture: how glyphosate impacts health in various animal and human studies (accessible to anyone), and then drilling into how the specific pathway it targets causes problems for us (because it exists in our microbes), and then finally getting into the depths of amino-acid substitutions, and how the shape and makeup of a particular protein can make it more susceptible to glyphosate - thus explaining how it manages to affect our bodies in all these different ways.

The book is worth reading just for the first part, and if you want to deep dive into the biology it's all there for you, though you will likely need a strong cup of coffee and a notebook to make sense of it if you're not a biologist.

If you get overwhelmed by the science - and I did at times - I recommend skipping ahead to the last chapter where Seneff outlines what we can do with the situation we're in, and how we as individuals can improve our health with simple changes in our diets and behavior. Since reading this book I've tried much harder to eat as much organic, raw produce as is practical for our family.

I highly recommend the book and it will change your perspective on food. Just don't be surprised if you have trouble making it through the whole thing!

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amarie

Extremely valuable read for chronic illness patients

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2021

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Dr. Seneff has written an extremely valuable book that all chronic illness patients need to read. I have been chronically ill for several years, unable to get well despite many treatments. I've only gotten worse. Because of Dr. Seneff, I tested myself for glyphosate toxicity to see if that's why I wasn't making progress. The results show that I do have moderately high levels of glyphosate in my urine. Dr. Seneff may just have provided me with the key to getting better. Her descriptions of the harms of glyphosate to the human body were invaluable. I can honestly say that I have many lab results that support her claims. On various tests, including a full DNA profile, Organic Acids Testing, Environmental Toxin Testing, and general lab testing, my results show that I am intolerant to oxalates; I am insulin resistant, though very thin; I cannot reduce proteins to their amino acid metabolites; I have problems metabolizing glucose; I have an overgrowth of yeast and Clostridium spp. in my gut; mitochondrial damage, plus many more things. Physically, I'm super inflamed and that manifests as moderate joint pain with diffuse muscular pain. I am a patient with mold illness and chronic Lyme disease with 3 co-infections of Lyme, so of course these also contribute to the problems I've already stated, but I simply can't get better with glyphosate in my body, which is now clearly evident. It's been near impossible for my cells and organs, particularly my liver, to detoxify, and now I have the key to as to why; something my doctor's could never figure out. If I can't detoxify, I certainly can't get rid of the back log of "killed" off Lyme and Lyme Co-infections. They just re-enter my body, building up to immensely toxic levels. Thank you Dr. Seneff for giving me the key to a path of recovery. I can only hope I'm not too late in addressing this monsterous chemical in my body.

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Debbie

Worth reading

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2021

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"Toxic Legacy" describes how glyphosate is harmful to human health. The book is suitable both for scientists and non-scientists, but it can get technical. The author described in detail the mechanisms for how glyphosate does it's damage in a way that will convince scientists. She tried to describe the detailed scientific information in a way that the common person can follow (especially if you have some science background), but she also summarized her main points at the end of each section in a way that anyone can understand. The first few chapters and the last one are the easiest to understand, and the last chapter focused on what you can do to avoid the harm caused by glyphosate. Many of these suggestions are diet related, like buy Certified Organic food to minimalize glyphosate residue. While not the easiest read, I'd still highly recommend this important book to everyone and I've bought some additional copies to give to family members.

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Sandy

Deep into the pathways in our biology

Reviewed in Canada on July 12, 2023

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In depth to read, but the message is there... Stephanie is on youtube, 'The glyphosate effect: how the world's most common herbicide is undermining your health' (the real truth about health video)... she explains some of this here, quite nicely. GMO's are designed to take direct spray of this toxic chemical... glyphosate is absorbed through the leaves of plants, which means that we can't wash it off. We are all consuming glyphosate in our food. GMO's are in the produce department unlabeled. It is best to contact the head office of your grocer to label GMO produce and to email the city, mayor and council to ban the use of glyphosate/Roundup in your area.

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