As I may have said before they registered a pattent to use it as an antibiotic, the problem being it wiped out the gut microbiome leaving people open to C-diff. Yes if you like too good at its job, as was agent orange etc.
I think it depends on your definition of toxicidity in humans.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959108/#:~:text=Glyphosate%20Changes%20Gut%20Microbes%20to%20Both%20Provoke%20and%20Promote%20Neuropsychiatric%20Conditions
I don’t think that the antibiotic patent was any more than the patent banking that is common in the chemical and pharma industry - just in case anyone actually managed to tweak it into a useful antibiotic.
Pretty much all of glyphosate’s problems stem from overuse.
The article that you cite is interesting but proposes no more than a mechanism - indeed it concludes (emphasis mine).
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Yes agreed, over use is in the main why there are issues but with all toxins, their half life or build up through long term low dose exposure could have a similar net effect. I have seen over time the huge dose scenario seemingly used to reduce or soften peoples view on various compounds in our daily lives. Americans being the sickest nation on earth with the UK not far behind should wise up. Its like Kellogs taking the UK government to court over “healthy” breakfasts, thankfully they lost but right and wrong in the US is more down to who has tbe deepest pockets. If the over use of weedkillers and/or pesticides is not researched by outside organisations we are all going to end up very sick, likewise antibiotics in US meat that does cause animals to gain weight faster, well documented but how is the UK and EU in comparison?
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Point in question and great timing.
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