The following link is to a long but very thorough paper regarding the herbicide glyphosate and what has been discovered about its potential risks to health:
- Concerns Over Use of Glyphosate Based Herbicides and Risks Associated with Exposures; A Consensus Statement, (Feb 24, 2016)
BioMed Central
by John Peterson Myers, Michael N. Antoniou, Bruce Blumberg, Lynn Carroll, Theo Colborn, Lorne G. Everett, Michael Hansen, Philip J. Landrigan, Bruce P. Lanphear, Robin Mesnage, Laura N. Vandenberg, Frederick S. vom Saal, Wade V. Welshons and Charles M. Benbrook
Environmental Health 2016, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0117-0
In my last post I described glyphosate and glycine as being similarly shaped puzzle pieces on one side but not the same on the other side. Another way to visualize the possible way glyphosate may be substituting for glycine would be to consider a lock and key. If the lock is being built with glyphosate instead of with glycine then the shape of the keyhole changes and the normal ‘keys’ will no longer fit in the lock in order to activate the desired function of the protein (a protein that normally contains glycine would be the lock in this example, an enzyme or other type of messenger chemical that activates it might be the key).
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