Glyphosate

consisting with a goal that it could oppose the herbicide Roundup. Their goal was accomplished by injecting into the alfalfa plant cellular wall, E. Coli microorganism with a soil microorganism gene into its DNA, moreover had extensive exposure to glyphosate (the vital element consisted in RoundUp). The alfalfa plant then becomes a GMO and is resistant to the herbicide which enables…

Roundup is Monsanto’s most profitable product and defines its rise from near bankruptcy as a result of Agent Orange in the 70s. “The Millions Against Monsanto campaign was created to fight Monsanto for creating Agent Orange and Roundup (glyphosate) and other toxins that threaten human health and the environment” (Millions Against Monsanto). Roundup has facilitated Monsanto’s rise as the top seed producing company, which holds all the rights and patents to seeds to the extent that farmers cannot…

Glyphosate is one frightening chemical if it finds its way into your body. According to an article in May 2014 the issue of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, scientists have linked exposure to glyphosate to cancer, infertility, depression, autism, heart disease, stomach disorders, diabetes, and obesity. Glyphosate also destroys the body’s endocrine system. This system helps to release hormones into…

Km and Vmax determination of glucocerebrosidase towards p-NPG The Michaelis constant (Km) is a measure of the affinity of the enzyme towards the substrate, with smaller values representing greater affinity. Km and the maximum rate (Vmax) of leukocyte GCase were obtained through the Lineweaver-Burk plot (Figure 4) with artificial substrate p-NPG in concentrations from 0.71 mM to2.50 mM. Km and Vmax values for leukocyte GCase using p-NPG as substrate was found to be 12.6 mM and 333 U/mg…

Farmer vs Monsanto: The world of agriculture is just like the board game monopoly. Monopoly is a fun game for all ages,where players move around the board buying or trading properties, developing their properties with houses and hotels, and collecting rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into the ground with bankruptcy. Major companies like Walmart, Tyson Food, and Monsanto use the same processes with small shareholder farmers through out the stateside…

What do you consider your best work for this semester? Why? The best work that I consider I did this semester was the chapter report and presentation on chapter 19 of Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins. Reading the chapter was fairly tricky and hard to understand because I did not have the background information necessary to understand it. However, I proceeded to read and reread the chapter to get a grasp of the chapter and make a presentable report to the class. This was very mentally…

The case of Bowman v. Monsanto Company, Case No. 11-796, was brought to the United States Supreme Court on February 19, 2013. The plaintiff Monsanto patented a soybean that resisted its own Round Up Ready herbicide (“Supreme Court,” n.d). Monsanto Company constructed a contract for farmers to sign prior to using the seeds. The contract obligates farmers to acknowledge the intent of never saving seeds from the resulting crop. This meant that the farmer would be obliged to purchase new seeds…

Benbrook 693). Labeling GM foods is crucial for tracking the rise of novel food allergies and assessing effects of chemical herbicides applied to GM crops (Landrigan, Benbrook 693). This is important for consumers that do not want to risk eating glyphosate (carcinogen), or people that have allergic responses to GM rice. There has been a huge movement towards better alternatives. The movement supports local food initiatives that support smaller, biodynamic farms, community gardens, and home-grown…

chemical company, and was notorious for producing controversial products such as DDT, aspartame and Agent Orange. Currently, Monsanto manufactures herbicides and crop seeds to be sold for use in agriculture. Their largest products are the herbicide, glyphosate, (marketed under the name…

Roundup. Methodically veiling the harmfulness and toxicity of its products, Monsanto is one of the most controversial corporations today. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) determined that the main ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate,…