Whereas, within the last 20 years there has been an alarming increase in serious illnesses in the US, along with a marked decrease in life expectancy (Bezruchka, 2012); and
Whereas, the onset of serious illness is appearing in increasingly younger populations: neurological disease (Pritchard et al., 2013); obesity, asthma, behavior & learning problems and chronic disease in children and young adults (Van Cleave et al., 2010); type II diabetes in youth (Rosenbloom et al., 1999); and
Whereas, the rate of chronic disease in the entire US population has been dramatically increasing with an estimated 25% of the US population suffering from multiple chronic diseases (Autoimmunity Research Foundation, 2012); and
Whereas, during this same time period, there has been an exponential increase in the adoption of Genetically Modified Food (GMO) crops with associated applications of glyphosate to food crops (Benbrook, 2012); and
Whereas, over 90% of corn, soy, sugar beets and canola are GMO, modified to withstand direct application of herbicides; and
Whereas, it has become routine for pre-harvest ripening to spray grain, legumes and sugar cane with glyphosate; and
Whereas, Glyphosate and its degradation product, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) have been detected in air (Majewski et al., 2014, Chang et al., 2011), rain (Scribner et al., 2007; Majewski, 2014), groundwater (Scribner, 2007), surface water (Chang, 2011; Scribner, 2007; Coupe et al., 2012), soil (Scribner, 2007) and sea water (Mercurio et al.,2014), showing that glyphosate and AMPA persist in the soil and water and the amounts detected are increasing over time with increasing agricultural use; and
Whereas, glyphosate & AMPA residues are high in our food (residues as high as 15 parts per million have been detected in GM soybeans with no residues detected in organic or conventionally grown soy Bohn et al., 2014); and
Whereas, glyphosate bioaccumulates in organs and tissue (Kruger et al., 2014); and
Whereas, the biological pathways between glyphosate and chronic disease have been outlined (Samsel & Seneff, 2013a); and
Whereas, time trends of the rise in chronic diseases along with the rise of glyphosate use and the adoption of GM crops show very high correlations with very strong statistical significance (Swanson, 2013); and
Whereas, glyphosate has been shown to be toxic to the liver and kidneys (Cattani et al., 2014; Jayasumana et al., 2014; Lushchak et al., 2009; El-Shenawy, 2009; de Liz Oliveira Cavalli et al., 2013; Séralini et al., 2011); and
Whereas, glyphosate is a patented chelating agent (U.S. patent number 3160632 A) causing mineral deficiencies; and
Whereas, glyphosate is a patented anti-microbial & biocide (U.S. patent number 20040077608 A1 & U.S. patent number 7771736 B2) that preferentially kills beneficial bacteria in our intestines leading to nutrient deficiency, chronic intestinal diseases, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases (Samsel & Seneff, 2013b; Kruger, 2013; Shehata et al., 2012; Carman et al., 2013); and
Whereas, it is illegal to administer a drug (antibiotic and biocide) in our food without a medical license to do so; and
Whereas, glyphosate leads to teratogenicity and reproductive toxicity in vertebrates (Antoniou et al., 2012); and
Whereas, glyphosate is an endocrine disruptor (Gasnier et al., 2009; Paganelli et al., 2010; Antoniou et al., 2012; Thongprakaisang et al., 2013); and
Whereas, there are no “safe” levels of endocrine disruptors (Vandenberg et al., 2012; Bergman et al., 2013); and
Whereas, imbalances and malfunctions of the endocrine system can lead to diabetes, hypertension, obesity, kidney disease, cancers of the breast, prostate, liver, brain, thyroid, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Marc et al., 2004; Thongprakaisang et al., 2013), osteoporosis, Cushing’s syndrome, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, infertility, birth defects, erectile dysfunction, (Soto & Sonnenschein, 2010), sexual development problems and neurological disorders such as: learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder (de Cock et al., 2012), autism (Schulkin, 2007), dementia (Ghosh, 2010), Alzheimer’s (Merlo et al., 2010), Parkinson’s and schizophrenia (MacSweeney et al., 1978); and
Whereas, endocrine disruptors are especially damaging to organisms undergoing hormonal changes: fetuses, babies, children, adolescents and the elderly (Bergman et al., 2013);
Whereas, the use of glyphosate as an herbicide for numerous decades in the USA and now as a component compound in GMO foods has adversely impacted its human exposure factor to implode within the standard of medical surveillance and care; and
Whereas, a chronically ill patient suffering from long-term, systemic poisoning will not respond to traditional treatment; and
Whereas, most medical personnel are trained only in acute poisoning and not in systemic poisoning; and
Whereas, you have sworn an oath “to apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required,” and to “prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure”; and
Whereas, the liability will be on the professional who did not recognize glyphosate poisoning in his/her patients;
We, the undersigned, implore you to take the following actions:
Order toxicology tests for your chronically ill patients, in particular screening for glyphosate and its degradation product AMPA.
Educate yourselves on how to deal with systemic poisoning and detoxification.
Open the conversation with your patients, family and colleagues.
Establish a procedure for surveillance and tracking.
The medical surveillance programs for any hazardous material, such as glyphosate, are designed to systematically collect and analyze health information on exposed individuals to toxic substances. The components involved in a comprehensive medical surveillance program and how these components interrelate should include the following:
Biological Monitoring;
Protocols for testing and treating;
Determination of health hazards, exposures, and job-related risks;
Tracking systems;
Specific history of what the patient was exposed to or doing prior to their symptoms;
Exposure Monitoring System for environment, food, humans and domestic/food animals.
The biological monitoring component for glyphosate and its degradation and metabolic metabolites is a key component which is designed to anticipate disease by sampling and analyzing solid tissues, secretions or excretions. The end results of this monitoring are used to take both preventive and ongoing action for individuals exposed to environmental, workplace and food exposures.
Due to its interference with detoxifying enzymes in the liver, glyphosate enhances toxicity of other chemical exposures. Once a human exposure standard is supported that establishes a baseline of zero tolerance, one will have to address the effect of setting general examination requirements for the chemical glyphosate as well as the requirements for all other chemical exposures.
The proposed generic requirements would have a broader scope and may consist of the following:
Require initial exposure monitoring for individuals.
Specify the frequency of follow-up monitoring and increase the frequency, dependent upon the determination of systemic toxicological symptoms.
Implement specific air sampling techniques in terms of personal and/or environmental monitoring.
Develop procedures for individuals’ observance of ambient sampling.
Require medical surveillance for all individuals pre and post exposure to one half the exposure limits (to be established as a true “zero” level).
Assess pre- and post environmental health and toxicology of route of exposure and its origins for glyphosate.
Establish a standard of result of the medical exam and tests conducted, as well as any conditions that require follow-up.
Adopt biologic exposure indices for glyphosate, its metabolites and degradation.
[Update 6/20/2014] One week total: 35 medical professionals, 17 scientists and 103 concerned citizens. An e-mail account was set up to collect signatures and was instantly hacked. Signatures sent in the first 24 hours were lost.
This letter is available here for download. Print and take to your physician.
Collection of signatures is ongoing. You may sign here.
Signed,
Medical Professionals
Dr. Hildegarde Staninger, Industrial Toxicologist/IH & Doctor of Integrative Medicine; Chairperson, NREP SCADA Special Task Force Committee
Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN (environmental toxicologist, author), Director of The Hullistic Network
Dr. Shiv Chopra, DVM, Ph.D. (microbiology), Fellow, World Health Organization, President, Canadian Council on Food Sovereignty & Health
Dr. Ben Colodzin, Ph.D., Psychology
Dr. Acacia Alcivar-Warren, DVM., Ph.D., Director, IMSEGI [International Marine Shrimp Environmental Genomics Initiative]
Kiki Corbin, CTN, ACSGC, Certified Traditional Naturopath
Dr. Rosemary Mason, MB ChB, FRCA. Physician/Anaesthetist, South Wales UK
Dr. Judy A. Mikovits, Ph.D., (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), MAR Consulting Inc.
Tom A Malterre, MS, CN, President of Whole Life Nutrition
Dr. Dan Purser, MD
Dr.Tom Tang, MD, CTO of Guangxi Bestway Pharmaceutical Company, China
Sally Fallon Morell, President, The Weston A. Price Foundation
Dr. Terry Wahls, MD, Author, The Wahls Protocol
Dr. Kelly Brogan, MD
Dr. Ruth Dankanich Daumer
Dr. Michelle Perro, MD, Pediatrics, Integrative Medicine, Institute for Health and Healing
Dr. Christopher S. Rubel, MD, retired
Dr. Arpita M. Guha, D.O.
Dr. Karl Robinson, M.D.
Dr. George Guess, MD
Dr. Irene Sebastian, MD, PhD, Dht, Family Medicine
Dr. Richard Hiltner, MD, member, Board of Directors, California Homeopathic Medical Society
Lori B. Taylor, MA/MS, RD, CD, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian
Arden Andersen, D.O., M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Physician, author and agricultural scientist
Dr. Monika Kruger, University of Leipzig, Faculty of veterinary medicine
Dr. Michelle Blake, M.D.
Sonia Fullenwilder
Elizabeth Cox CMA, AAMA (American Association of Medical Assistants)
Philip Incao, MD
Dr. Lorrin Pang, MD, MPH, as private citizen, Consultant to World Health Organization 1985-2005, Current Adviser to US Congress Medical Research Program
Dr. Les Berenson MD, FACP
M. Kelly Sutton, MD, Primary care physician
Kathy Kerkof, retired PT
Dr. Angela May, MD, Pediatrician
Dr. Lindy Woodard MD, Pediatric Alternatives
Scientists
Dr. Nancy L. Swanson, Ph.D. (physics), President, Abacus Enterprises
Dr. Evaggelos Vallianatos, Ph.D., former EPA analyst
Dr. John Balatinecz, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto
Dr. Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, MIT
Dr. Mae Wan Ho, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Prigogine Medalist, Director, Institute of Science in Society
Dr. Peter T. Saunders, Ph.D., Theoretical Astrophysics, Emeritus Professor, King’s College, London
Dr. Don M. Huber, Plant Pathology, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University
Judy A. Hoy, Administrator of the Bitterroot Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Independent Wildlife Researcher
Chen I-wan, adviser, Committee of Disaster Study to China Disaster Prevention Association
William Sanjour, (physics), former EPA branch chief and policy analyst
Anthony Samsel, consultant
Pamela Hallock Muller, Ph.D., Professor of Marine Science
Prof. Dr. Tony Pereira, UCLA ME Ph.D., Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Thierry Vrain, former Head of Biotechnology at Agriculture Canada
Dr. David Schubert, Ph.D. Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Dr. Warren Porter, Prof. of Zoology, Prof. of Env. Toxicology, U. of Wisconsin, Madison
Dr. Kent Blacklidge, Ph.D. (genetics), MS (aquatic toxicology), former newspaper publisher
Concerned Citizens
Carol Waldon
Don Waldon
Shoshanna Allison, Media & Networker
Cynthia Follrich
Jack Olmsted, WWGF News
Doolie Brown
David Lawrence Dewey, Author/Columnist
Alan Hetterly
Heather Arvensis, massage therapist
Howard Vlieger, crop and livestock nutrition advisor since 1992
Claire Dwoskin, President, Children’s Medical Safety Research Institute
Laurie A. Olson, Moms Across America Western Regional Organizer
Rhonda Watts-Hettinger
Ronnie Cummins, Director, Organic Consumers Association
F. William Engdahl, journalist & economist
Dr. Toni Clark, Ph.D., retired professor
Dr. Beverly Goldie, Ed.D.
T. Matthew Phillips, Attorney-at-Law
Andre Leu B.A. Com.,Grad Dip Ed., President, International Federation ofOrganic Agricultural Movements
Cynthia Zoltek
Ken Lewis
Karen Malecki
Thomas M. Morris
Allan Rydberg
Nathan Morgan
Kapil Agrawal
Jennifer Christi
Kristine Heffner
Linda Heffner
Gloria Heffner
Barbara Horn
Don Horn
Jody Heffner
Danielle Heffner
Keith Hittle
Tasha Hittle
Tara Hittle
Ave Maria Romine
Jenna Hendricks
Cheslea Lucas
Tristan Heffner
Tony Mitra
Dr. Philip H. King, Ph.D. (social scientist)
Donna Y. Adams, RPT
Fred C. Adams
Mary Stanton
Paddy McAlister, Energy Medicine Association
Christine Robitaille, Leader of the International Coalition for Food Safety (ICFS)
Sheryl McCumsey
Isabel Rawlings Cohen, Artist/Environmental Activist, Member of International Coalition for Food Safety
Dr. Adrienne Samuels, Ph.D., psychology
Helen Driscoll, Wellness Coach
Eileen Dannemann, Director, National Coalition of Organized Women
Mark von Wodtke, FASLA, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture
Patrice Anita
Jayme Domejka
David Starr
Suzanne Montalalou
M. Letourneau, New York
Mrs. Betty Kegley
Vicky Carlson
Zen Honeycutt, Founder and Director, Moms Across America
Jon Abrahamson
Rebecca D. Muzychka
Diane Lalomia, President and co-leader, NoGMO4Michigan.org
Velma Manulani Wagatsuma
Shonda Adams
Tracei Cagle
Daniel Heasley
Amina yasmine eid
Tosha Knight
Petra Simone
Nick Simone
Catherine Simone
Laura McCollum
Tracy L. Breeden
Lisa Robertson
Sandy Kinter
Virginia McBride, teacher, mother of DNP, daughter of physician
Pamm Larry, Initial Instigator Prop 37, Northern California Director, LabelGMOs.org
Deb Millikan
Kalpana Mehta
Margaret Elaine McCoy
Sarah Baird, an informed mother
Laura Lee Mistycah, Author
Leslie A. Lash White, fervent environmental/health/social activist
Carla M. Saldana
Sikhumbuzo Rondo Mzobe
Henry Rowlands, Coordinator, Global GMO Free Coailtion
Jerry Carlson, Editor Emeritus, Professional Farmers of America
Cindy Black
Randolph Smith
Dr. Kun Chen, Ph.D.
Tanya Quarterman
Charles Mish
Goldie Caughlan
Winifred Adams
Robert Gamble
Rosemary Bonda- mother of 5
Robert Shrewsbury, Manti, Utah
H. Scott Allison, MS CAC
Niki Thane
David Ludden
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