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It took a long from exposure of the brain to toxins produced heard a lecture given by Professor Don Huber at

time before by these bacteria. 24,56,58 the 2012 Indianapolis WAPF chapter conference.

I have been studying autism for many years, His explanation of the effects of glyphosate on
I thought of trying to understand the environmental factors biological systems filled in important gaps in the
glyphosate as that might be causal in the current epidemic in theory I was developing to explain the underlying
a possible this complex condition. Autism used to be rare, pathologies in autism.
Most striking, of course, is the disruption of
affecting one in ten thousand children. The latest
factor in numbers put out by the CDC in March 2013, show gut bacteria, something that Natasha Campbell
autism, one in fifty. This is an alarming number, and, McBride has been speaking about for many years
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probably what is even more alarming is how quickly the at WAPF conferences and in her books. A recent
number has been rising in recent years. Figure 1 study involving nearly three thousand children
because I shows a plot of autism rates over the past twenty with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) found
believed years alongside a plot of total Roundup usage that a quarter of them suffered from chronic GI
Monsanto’s on corn and soy in the U.S., the two core crops problems like constipation, diarrhea, and bloat-
of the processed food industry. It is remarkable ing. This subset had significantly higher rates
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claims that it how well these two plots line up. The Pearson of both anxiety and over-sensitivity to sensory
is relatively correlation coefficient is 0.985 (1.0 would be stimulation.

nontoxic. perfect alignment). This plot also demonstrates
the alarming increases in glyphosate application AUTISM, PATHOGENS, AND SULFATE
that have followed the insertion of the Roundup As Anthony Samsel and I gathered infor-
Ready GMO bacterial gene into the seeds. mation about glyphosate, we began to see a
Correlation does not necessarily mean cau- striking pattern linking glyphosate to specific
sation, but if you can explain logically how A pathogens like Clostridia difficile (C. diff) and
might lead to B, then the likelihood of causation Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which are currently
goes way up. It took a long time before I thought causing a major crisis in hospitals in the U.S. and
of glyphosate as a possible factor in autism, prob- elsewhere due to their increased prevalence and
ably because I believed Monsanto’s claims that multiple antibiotic resistance. 12, 28 Pseudomonas
it is relatively nontoxic. This all changed when I is among the very few bacterial forms that can

Figure 1: Autism rates in the U.S. school system and of the amount of glyphosate used on corn and soy acreage in the U.S.
Figure generously provided by Nancy Swanson: www.examiner.com/article/data-show-correlations-between-increase-neu-
rological-diseases-and-gmos.
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