26.01.2015
MIT States That Half of All Children May be Autistic by 2025 due to Monsanto
"....Whatever
may driving the autistic/Alzheimer’s diesel train, one thing is for
certain: the spectre of half of our children coming into the world with
significant brain damage constitutes a massive and undeniable wound to
humanity. The rate of autism has skyrocketed from roughly one in every
two thousand in the 1970’s to the current rate of one in every sixty
eight. Alzheimer’s has become almost universal in the elderly. Seneff’s
predictions can only be ignored at grave risk to the human race...."
A senior scientist at MIT has declared that we are facing an epidemic of autism that may result in one half of all children being affected by autism in ten years.
Dr.
Stephanie Seneff, who made these remarks during a panel presentation in
Groton, MA last week, specifically cites the Monsanto herbicide,
Roundup, as the culprit for the escalating incidence of autism and other
neurological disorders. Roundup, which was introduced in the 1970’s,
contains the chemical glyphosate, which is the focal point for Seneff’s
concerns. Roundup was originally restricted to use on weeds, as
glyphosate kills plants. However, Roundup is now in regular use with
crops. With the coming of GMO’s, plants such as soy and corn were
bioengineered to tolerate glyphosate, and its use dramatically
increased. From 2001 to 2007, glyphosate use doubled, reaching 180 to
185 million pounds in the U.S. alone in 2007.
If
you don’t consume corn- on- the -cob or toasted soybeans, however, you
are hardly exempt from the potential affects of consuming glyphosate.
Wheat is now sprayed with Roundup right before it is harvested, making
any consumption of non- organic wheat bread a sure source for the
chemical. In addition, any products containing corn syrup, such as soft
drinks, are also carrying a payload of glyphosate.
According
to studies cited by Seneff, glyphosate engages “gut bacteria” in a
process known as the shikimate pathway. This enables the chemical to
interfere with the biochemistry of bacteria in our GI tract, resulting
in the depletion of essential amino acids .
Monsanto has maintained that glyphosate
is safe for human consumption, as humans do not have the shikimate
pathway. Bacteria, however, does—including the flora that constitutes
“gut bacteria.”
It
is this ability to affect gut bacteria that Seneff claims is the link
which allows the chemical to get on board and wreak further damage. The
connection between intestinal flora and neurological functioning is an
ongoing topic of research. According to a number of studies, glyphosate
depletes the amino acids tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine, which
can then contribute to obesity, depression, autism, inflammatory bowel
disease, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Monsanto
disagrees. The food and chemical giant has constructed a webpage with
links to scientific studies pronouncing the safety of glyphosate.
Other science writers have also taken up
the Monsanto banner, scoffing at the scientific studies that prompted
Seneff to make her claims. “They made it up!” pronounced Huffpost
science writer Tamar Haspel, in an article thin on analysis but heavy on
declarative prose.
Others,
such as Skeptoid writer and PhD physicist Eric Hall, take a more
measured approach, and instead focus on the studies which prompted the
glyphosate concerns. According to Hall, Seneff is making an error known
as the “correlation/causation error,” in which causality is inaccurately
concluded when there exists only the fact that two separate items—in
this case, the increased use of glyphosate and the increased incidence
of autism—may be observed but are not, in fact, directly related.
Seneff’s
pronouncements focus specifically on the glyphosate issue. As we know,
there are other potential tributaries which may be feeding the rise in
autism and also causing age-related neurological conditions, such as
Alzheimer’s. These may include contents of vaccines, aluminum cooking
ware as well as other potential sources for chemical consumption.
Some
individuals, such as M.D. and radio host Rima Laibow have speculated on
the intentionality behind this ostensible chemical siege against our
gray matter. Laibow believes that the impetus may be to create an entire
class of autistic individuals who will be suited only for certain types
of work.
This
harks back, eerily, to Aldous Huxley’s classic Brave New World, in
which individuals were preprogrammed from “conception” for eventual
placement in one of five groups, designated as Alpha, Beta, and so on
down to Epsilon, based on their programmed brain power. In Huxley’s
dystopian world, this class delineation by intellectual ability enabled
society to function more smoothly.
Whatever
may driving the autistic/Alzheimer’s diesel train, one thing is for
certain: the spectre of half of our children coming into the world with
significant brain damage constitutes a massive and undeniable wound to
humanity. The rate of autism has skyrocketed from roughly one in every
two thousand in the 1970’s to the current rate of one in every sixty
eight. Alzheimer’s has become almost universal in the elderly. Seneff’s
predictions can only be ignored at grave risk to the human race.
Janet C. Phelan,
investigative journalist and human rights defender that has traveled
pretty extensively over the Asian region, an author of a tell-all book EXILE, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/01/26/mit-states-that-half-of-all-children-may-be-autistic-by-2025/
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/01/26/mit-states-that-half-of-all-children-may-be-autistic-by-2025/