Well it wasn’t that they were swimming in it obviously, but they were aerosolizing massive amounts and blasting it into the air from giant sprayers.

The two worst ways to get glyphosate into your blood is from absorption by the skin and by the lungs. That’s what happened and still happens. Significant bioaccumulation causes non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

That doesn’t mean exposure to any amount is safe.

I’m not a scientist but the mechanism as I understand it, via NNG response and genotoxicity, can cause individual cells to die or mutate, and is theorized even to cause behavioral changes. That’s why RoundUp’s own documents say there is no safe level.

For example, glyphosate was originally patented as an antibiotic. It certainly kills off gut bacteria, the effects of which is not well understood. Again though, the lawsuits are about the specific formula RoundUp™ including it’s specific blend of surfactants and adjuvants, which apparently make it much easier for human blood and other cells to absorb.

That’s one half of the case. The other half is that to the extent there is research suggesting small amounts of glyphosate and Roundup are safe, that research is tainted by a deliberate and massive effort by Monsanto to manipulate the science. And I’ve shared links to the primary source documents, with descriptions, from the litigation.

The incestuous relationship between chemical companies and chemical regulators is well know. This case goes beyond that. Monsanto spent hundreds of millions of dollars over decades on infiltrating, disrupting, defunding, and discrediting anyone working on this science from a disinterested public health standpoint, as well as on filling the science industry “chatter” with disinformation, ghostwritten research, fraudulent research, and outright lies.

This is chemical companies getting smarter and learning from their mistakes with asbestos, and not in a good way (from a public health standpoint). People wonder what will be the “next asbestos.” Bet that whatever it is we are already exposed to it daily and the science is being deliberately manipulated.