Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows
Herbicide component, which is used to replace the glyphosate in round and other Weedkiller products, can kill intestinal bacteria and organs in multiple ways. New Research Shows.
The material is widely used as a weeds in grape bonds and gardens in the USA, and in the USA, the use of controversial herbicide substances such as glyphosate and parakate drops in the USA is going to another place.
However, the new data part shows that Diquat is more toxic than glyphosat, and the substance is banned on risks in England, EU, China and many other countries. Nevertheless, EPa resisted a forbidden calls and the formulas that the material hit the shelves last year.
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“From the perspective of human health, these things are slightly worse than glyphosat, so we see a sad substitution, and the ineffective regulatory structure allows it, Nat says Nathan Donley, the Biological Diversity Director who advocates tight pesticide arrangements but is not included in new research. “Notificationable substitution” is a scientific term used to describe the replacement of a toxic substance in a consumer product with a toxic component.
Diquat is also thought to be a neurotoxin, carcinogenic and due to Parkinson’s disease. October analysis The data of the EPA, who did not make a profit by friends, found that the data was about 200 times more toxic than glyphosate in terms of chronic exposure.
Bayer, who made roundup, faced approximately 175,000 cases claiming that the users of the product were damaged by the product. Bayer, who bought Monsanto in 2018, classified Glyphosat as a possible carcinogenic after the International Cancer Research Agency.
The new examination of the scientific literature focuses partly in many ways to damage organs and intestinal bacteria, including the key parts of the intestinal primer, which are the key parts of the intestinal lining. Slimming may allow toxins and pathogens to pass from the stomach to bloodstream and trigger inflammation in the intestines and body. In the meantime, Diquat may prevent the production of useful bacteria that protect the intestinal lining.
The authors said that the damage of the primer also prevents the absorption of nutrients and energy metabolism.
The research further examines how the substance damages the kidneys, the lungs and the liver. Diquat “Since kidney cells can destroy their membranes and intervene in cell signals,“ causes irreversible and functional damage to the kidneys.
In the meantime, it seems to be attacking the lungs by triggering inflammation damage to the tissue of the organ. In a broader sense, the inflammation caused by Diquat may cause multi -organ dysfunction syndrome, a scenario where organ systems begin to fail.
The authors say that most of the work is on rodents and that more research is needed to be low, long -term exposure. Bayer did not respond immediately to the request for comments.
Despite the risks in the midst of the increase in the use of Diquat, EPA does not review the chemicals and even non -profit organizations that pushed for firmer pesticide arrangements focused their attention to another place.
Donley said that the US pesticide arrangements are so weak that defenders are connected with battles on materials such as glyphosate, parakat and chlorpirifos – the substances that are still widely used in other places. Diquat is “left in the shadow” by these materials.
Donley, “other countries have banned Diquat, but we are still fighting the fights of Europe 20 years ago in the US,” Donley said. “He didn’t enter the radar of most groups, and this really says a lot about the sad and sad pesticides in the United States.”
There are some advocates He blamed EPA Capture and Donley by the industry said that the US pesticide laws were so weak, even if there is will, it was difficult for the agency to ban the materials. For example, the agency banned Chlorpyrifos in 2022, but a court overthrew the decision after an industry sued.
Moreover, it is seen that EPA has a philosophy stating that the toxic pesticides of the Pesticides Office are “necessary evil”.
“When you approach a problem of lens, you have a lot to do,” he said.
