{"id":35423,"date":"2024-06-04T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=35423"},"modified":"2024-05-31T17:44:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T21:44:38","slug":"presence-of-weed-killer-glyphosate-in-human-sperm-elevates-debate-on-pesticide-threats-to-human-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2024\/06\/presence-of-weed-killer-glyphosate-in-human-sperm-elevates-debate-on-pesticide-threats-to-human-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Presence of Weed Killer Glyphosate in Human Sperm Elevates Debate on Pesticide Threats to Human Survival\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides<\/i>, June 4, 2024) A study<\/a> published in the most recent edition of the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety<\/i><\/a> documents for the first time the presence of the herbicide glyphosate in human sperm. The study looked at 128 French men with an average age of 36 years who tested positive for glyphosate in their blood. Seventy-three out of the 128 men were found to also have glyphosate in their seminal plasma. Not only that, the amount of glyphosate in seminal plasma was nearly four times higher than what was detected in the blood. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Methods<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The study involved a population of 128 infertile French men from whom seminal and blood plasma samples were collected. The study was conducted at the “Pole Sant\u00e9 L\u00e9onard de Vinci” medical center, located centrally near Tours, France. This region is recognized for its urban characteristics as well as being a major agricultural hub, particularly for grain and wine production. The study authors note, \u201cThis area reflects the common herbicide exposure in France\u201d and the district ranks third highest in terms of pesticide purchases. While additional qualitative data was collected, only 47 of 128 participants fully completed a questionnaire about their profession, diet (organic or not), and smoking habits. The study examined concentrations of glyphosate and its main metabolite, amino-methyl-phosphonic acid (AMPA), using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC\/MS-MS). Notably, while glyphosate was detected in significant proportions, AMPA was undetectable in the samples. The study also measured oxidative stress biomarkers, including malondialdehyde (MDA) and 8-hydroxy-2\u2032-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques. Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) and Total Oxidant Status (TOS) were determined using commercial colorimetric kits to assess the oxidative stress levels in the participants. The researchers analyzed potential correlations between the concentration of glyphosate in the plasma (both blood and seminal) and the oxidative stress biomarkers. They also looked at how these factors correlated with sperm parameters such as sperm concentration, progressive speed, and abnormal forms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Findings<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Glyphosate (GLY) was detected in the seminal plasma of the participants, with concentrations that were four times higher than those observed in blood plasma. In contrast, its main metabolite, amino-methyl-phosphonic acid (AMPA), was not detectable. There was a strong positive correlation between the concentrations of glyphosate in blood plasma and seminal plasma and the levels of 8-hydroxy-2\u2032-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a marker of DNA damage due to oxidative stress. The study observed higher concentrations of Total Oxidant Status (TOS), Oxidative Stress Index (OSI) (which is the ratio of TOS to Total Antioxidant Status (TAS)), and malondialdehyde (MDA) in both blood and seminal plasma of men with detectable levels of glyphosate. The Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) in both blood and seminal plasma was similar in men with or without detectable levels of glyphosate, suggesting that the antioxidant capacity remained constant regardless of glyphosate exposure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These findings suggest a negative impact of glyphosate on human reproductive health, potentially affecting sperm quality and oxidative stress levels, which could have implications for the progeny of the affected individuals. The study advocates for a precautionary approach in the ongoing discussions about the use of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These results add to the existing mountain of evidence regarding the harmful effects of glyphosate, the most commonly used pesticide in the world and known to many as Roundup™ and Rodeo™. Glyphosate<\/a> causes DNA and chromosomal damage in human cells, resulting in the onset of chronic disease. It is considered an endocrine disruptor and patented as an antibiotic. It has been specifically linked<\/a> to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and multiple myeloma. Beyond Pesticides has reported<\/a> that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) negatively impacts testicular function and may cause sperm count declines over time, according to a 2022 review published in\u202fEndocrine<\/i><\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Glyphosate<\/a> works by disrupting a crucial pathway (shikima<\/a>te pathway<\/a>) for manufacturing aromatic amino acids in plants\u2014but not animals\u2014and, therefore, many have assumed that it does not harm humans. However, it is lethal to bacteria that inhabit the human digestive tract and are essential for good health. Disturbing the gut\u2019s microbiota can contribute to a whole host of \u201c21st-century diseases,\u201d including diabetes, obesity, food allergies, heart disease, antibiotic-resistant infections, cancer, asthma, autism, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and more. (See here<\/a> and here <\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The rise in these same diseases is tightly correlated with the use of glyphosate, and glyphosate exposure can result in inflammation at the root of these diseases. Glyphosate use in agriculture rose 300-fold<\/a> from 1974 to 2014, with nonagricultural uses increasing by 43-fold during the same time. Increasingly, target weeds are becoming resistant to the herbicide, creating superweeds, and genetically engineered (GE) crops are being created with genetic tolerance for numerous toxic herbicides, such as 2,4-D<\/a> and dicamba. As Beyond Pesticides\u2019 glyphosate factsheet reports, the greatest overall glyphosate use by acreage is in the Mississippi River basin where most applications are for weed control on GE corn, soybeans, and cotton, as well as other crops.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Plants treated with glyphosate translocate<\/a> the systemic herbicide to their roots, growing points, and fruit, where it blocks the activity of the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), a key enzyme in the shikimate pathway of aromatic amino acid production, ultimately leading to the plant\u2019s death by starvation. Because plants absorb glyphosate, it cannot be removed completely by washing or other food preparation. It persists in food products for up to two years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cInert\u201d Ingredients<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to glyphosate, researchers have also determined that the \u201cinert\u201d ingredients in glyphosate products, especially polyethoxylated tallow amine (POEA), a surfactant commonly used in glyphosate and other herbicidal products, are even more toxic than glyphosate itself. The current study of French men was unable to determine if the co-formulants or even other pesticide exposure were contributing factors in their results. But, previous studies<\/a> have shown that many pesticides, including glyphosate products (e.g., Roundup™), are more toxic than glyphosate alone, and result in a number of chronic, developmental, and endocrine-disrupting impacts. The \u201cinert\u201d ingredients in Roundup™ formulations kill human cells at very low concentrations. At least some glyphosate-based products are genotoxic. POEA is extremely toxic to aquatic organisms. One study found<\/a> that co-formulants account for more than 86% of\u00a0Roundup™\u00a0toxicity observed in microalgae and crustaceans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EPA pesticide registration rules do not require the agency to account for all ingredients when it evaluates pesticide formula safety, even though the industry labels dangerous substances like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as inert or as contaminants. In October 2023, EPA rejected a 2017 Center for Food Safety (CFS) legal petition<\/a> to compel the EPA to require that pesticide companies provide safety data on all ingredients in a pesticide product, or formulation, both active and inert. The limitations of the EPA\u2019s pesticide registration review process persist despite evidence of potential hazards associated with synergism<\/a> between ingredients, including inert (undisclosed) ingredients, and other pesticides applied in combination. Bill Freese, the science director at CFS, said, \u201cThe idea that we\u2019re not assessing the actual chemicals that farmers spray is kind of ridiculous.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of the decision, Beyond Pesticides said: \u201cEPA\u2019s failure to act on the science, as detailed in the litigation, has real-world adverse health consequences for farmworkers, the public, and ecosystems. Because of this lawsuit, the agency\u2019s obstruction of the regulatory process will not be allowed to stand, and EPA should start shifting food production to available alternative non- and less-toxic practices and materials that meet its statutory duty.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

9<\/i>th<\/i> Circuit Court Decision Struck<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 2023, farmworker organizations and Beyond Pesticides<\/a>, represented by the Center for Food Safety, filed a\u202fpetition<\/a>\u202fwith EPA urging the agency to remove glyphosate from the market after having won a 2022 court decision<\/a> forcing EPA to redo its science evaluation. That 2022 court decision in the\u202fCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled<\/a>\u202fthat EPA\u2019s 2020 approval of glyphosate was unlawful<\/a> and voided EPA\u2019s\u202f\u201cinterim registration review\u201d decision approving the continued use of glyphosate, issued in early 2020<\/a>. \u201cEPA ignored its own experts and guidelines in making these judgments,\u201d Amy van Suan, senior attorney with the Center for Food Safety and lead counsel in the case, told the judges.<\/a>\u00a0 The three-judge Ninth Circuit panel agreed<\/a>, finding the EPA discounted epidemiological studies showing a link between glyphosate exposure and an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, concluding that the association could be explained by \u201cchance and\/or bias.\u201d This decision, the panel said, defied the EPA\u2019s own Cancer Guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental groups, including Beyond Pesticides, have consistently urged EPA to follow in the footsteps of the European Union by adopting the precautionary principle, which withholds registration when data on product safety is missing. Given the lack of complete information and uncertainties, Beyond Pesticides advocates that communities and individuals reject legally allowed uses and exposures deemed acceptable under EPA risk assessment calculations. Instead, the organization asked that decision makers focus on safer alternative practices and products that are proven effective, such as organic agriculture<\/a>, which prohibits the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roundup™ Litigation<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, Monsanto has been hit by an avalanche of lawsuits asserting that Roundup™ is carcinogenic, particularly linked to non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) and that Monsanto failed to warn the public of the hazards when using Roundup™ as directed. According to the Lawsuit Information Center<\/a>, Monsanto has settled nearly 100,000 lawsuits and paid approximately $11 billion as of March this year. There are an estimated<\/a> 54,000 lawsuits remaining and the company has reportedly set aside an additional $6 billion for additional settlements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, it seemed that these cases were decided in favor of Monsanto and its relatively new owner Bayer. In 2021, Bayer won nine individual lawsuits over Roundup™, but last year Bayer lost in jury trials in four different cases totaling billions of dollars and the cost is starting to take a toll. This week, Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Bill Anderson reportedly said<\/a> at a speech in Chicago that the barrage of lawsuits is an \u201cexistential\u201d threat to the company. It has also been reported<\/a> that the company is considering bankruptcy known as the Texas Two-Step as a means of stopping the hemorrhage of cash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under pressure for a strategy to avoid additional judgments, Bayer has turned to a lobbying effort to twist the narrative away from Roundup™ product liability and the company\u2019s culpability to lobbying for state laws that would end pesticide manufacturers\u2019 responsibility for harm caused by using their pesticide products as directed. Bayer has been lobbying for immunity through legislation since January 2024 and bills to limit Bayer\u2019s liability for claims regarding Roundup™ were introduced in Iowa, Missouri, and Idaho. The bill was defeated in Idaho and Iowa but was passed by the House in Missouri and was defeated in the Senate. Beyond Pesticides recently launched an action to stop this nationwide campaign by chemical manufacturers to shield themselves from liability cases filed by those who have been harmed by pesticide products. Stay informed of news and ways to take action – sign up for Action Alerts here<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, this legislative push is not part of Bayer\u2019s \u201cofficial\u201d strategy<\/a> to fight off lawsuits. The Bayer website lays out for investors a five-step plan<\/a> for addressing them. Their best hope was the U.S. Supreme Court, which they hoped would decide that state-based failure-to-warn claims are preempted by federal law. Essentially their argument was that since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the herbicide for use, Bayer cannot be held liable for harm caused to users of its products. However, as of the time of publication, the Supreme Court has declined<\/a> to hear Monsanto\u2019s appeals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The second prong on Bayer\u2019s five-step plan is to continue managing the 170,000 claims filed to date. As reported above, while Bayer started out strong, it recently has begun to settle for huge sums of money. With 54,000 suits left to go, it remains to be seen if Bayer will return to individual negotiations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The third prong of the five-step plan is to substitute glyphosate with other chemicals, like Bayer\u2019s Roundup™ product sold in Europe without glyphosate. However, without publicity or fanfare, Bayer\/Monsanto has quietly removed glyphosate and substituted other active ingredients with different risk profiles from some formulations of Roundup™ sold in the United States for use by regular consumers (those without a pesticide applicator license). Some of these formulations of Roundup™ contain the active ingredient triclopyr<\/a>. Advocates are alarmed at the new risk this poses to unsuspecting consumers, since the brand name remains the same. Advocates note that deficiencies in the Roundup™ warning label continue with these new formulations and active ingredients. Given Monsanto\u2019s track record with its use of co-formulants that are potentially more toxic<\/a> than glyphosate, it seems unlikely that any substitute pesticide will be any less toxic to humans and the environment. And given the failure of EPA to protect the public from these chemicals in the past, it also seems unlikely that the substitute pesticide will receive appropriate vetting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bayer seems to have backtracked on the fourth step of the five-step plan, claiming first to seek individual settlements with claimants outside of the normal legal system. (The website specifically mentions \u201cdirectly avoiding plaintiffs\u2019 law firms.\u201d) However, Bayer goes on to say that since they have been so successful in court they have decided to stick to the legal system. Recent losses in court and broad Bayer staff layoffs suggest they may be reconsidering this approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fifth step of the plan is to simply repost their \u201cscientific safety studies\u201d for their products, thereby ensuring \u201cmore transparency and information.\u201d However, industry-funded studies have repeatedly been shown to have bias, poor science, or other questionable findings. An investigative report<\/a> published in 2022 provided a comprehensive review of Bayer\u2019s strategy to deny science, manufacture doubt, and\u202fdiscredit critics\u202fwho have researched, reported on, and\/or advocated against the company\u2019s products. A report from U.S. Right to Know in collaboration with Friends of the Earth and Real Food Media, Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide<\/i><\/a>,\u202fexposed not only Bayer’s malfeasance in its promotion of its\u202fglyphosate-based herbicide products, but also highlighted the broader landscape of corporate efforts to white- or green-wash products that companies know are harmful to people and the environment.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Merchants of Poison<\/i> says, \u201cBig Tobacco\u2019s spin tactics arguably cost millions of lives as regulations emerged long after it was evident that cigarettes cause cancer\u2014and continue to cost lives. (The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 8 million people die annually from tobacco use.) The fossil fuel sector\u2019s spin pushed science denialism and political inaction that has led to a warming world and is associated with millions of deaths per year, with few clear pathways to averting catastrophic climate change.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The report\u2019s coauthor, Stacy Malkan,\u202fcommented, \u201cThe pesticide industry is not just following in the footsteps of Big Tobacco and Big Oil, they co-wrote the playbook \u2014 from their attacks on\u202fSilent Spring\u202fauthor Rachel Carson 60 years ago to the recent Monsanto-led assault on the cancer researchers of the World Health Organization.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Beyond Pesticides has reported<\/a>, <\/i>the pesticide industry has engaged in\u202fknowingly deceptive and aggressive tactics\u202fto persuade the public that pesticides are not only \u201csafe,\u201d but also somehow \u201ccritical\u201d to producing enough food for the world\u2019s population. Both claims\u202fare demonstrably false.\u202fBeyond Pesticides has frequently written<\/a> about the impressive capacity of organic, regenerative, agroecological agriculture\u202fto produce high-quality and sufficient food supplies as well as being key to turning around the\u202fpublic health,\u202fbiodiversity, and\u202fclimate crises.\u202f(See here,<\/a> and the latest news here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The unsavory and sometimes corrupt activity has also extended, as Beyond Pesticides has covered, to federal agency staff,\u202fincluding managers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u202f(EPA), which oversees pesticide registration and regulation. Indeed, unholy \u201calliances\u201d between industry lobbyists and EPA staff exacerbate the toxic pesticide problem, as we have reported\u202fhere<\/a>\u202fand\u202fhere<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And it is not just EPA that is often \u201ctowing\u201d the pesticide line for Bayer and other manufacturers, but U.S. foreign policy has engaged in efforts to tamp down restrictions more stringent than the EPA. Both Thailand in 2019 and Mexico in 2024<\/a> adopted bans<\/a>\u00a0on the use of glyphosate products in their countries, only to be met with pushback by the U.S. government that resulted in their postponement and possible withdrawal of the bans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This most recent study of glyphosate reinforces the urgent need to get off the toxic pesticide treadmill and adopt organic regenerative approaches that obviate the use of these compounds.\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What Beyond Pesticides<\/a> wrote<\/a> in 2018 still holds: \u201cBeyond Pesticides has strategically sought to transform our country\u2019s approach to pest management, both agricultural and residential\/structural, by eliminating reliance on pesticides and advancing organic management practices that do not rely on toxic inputs. In this context, pesticides like glyphosate become an example of chemical industry influence resulting in inadequate underlying laws and regulations. . . [W]e must teach that these chemicals are not only dangerous to environmental health, but are unnecessary to prevent pests and achieve pest management goals.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Please see the Daily News Blog<\/a> and Take Action<\/a> features on the\u202fBeyond Pesticides\u2019 website homepage, and join Beyond Pesticides\u202f\u202f<\/a>to support our campaign to end the use of toxic pesticides, such as glyphosate<\/a>, in the next decade. To reduce exposure to pesticides such as glyphosate residue in conventional food, please see Eating With A Conscious<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Glyphosate presence in human sperm: First report and positive correlation with oxidative stress in an infertile French population<\/a>, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety<\/i>, June 15, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bayer wants legislative help to fight its cancer lawsuits<\/a>, The Economist<\/i>, May 18, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Glyphosate (Roundup™) Factsheet<\/a>, Beyond Pesticides, 2017\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Glyphosate: Cancer, endocrine disruption and other health risks<\/a>, US Right to Know, January 19, 2024\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whistleblowers Expose Corruption in EPA Chemical Safety Office<\/a>, The Intercept<\/i>, July 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Monsanto Papers \u2013 Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption and One Man\u2019s Search for Justice<\/a>, Carey Gillam, March 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roundup litigation discovery documents: implications for public health and journal ethics<\/a>, Journal of Public Health Policy<\/i>, June 2018\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, June 4, 2024) A study published in the most recent edition of the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety documents for the first time the presence of the herbicide glyphosate in human sperm. The study looked at 128 French men with an average age of 36 years who tested positive for glyphosate in their blood. Seventy-three out of the 128 men were found to also have glyphosate in their seminal plasma. Not only that, the amount of glyphosate in seminal plasma was nearly four times higher than what was detected in the blood. \u00a0 Methods\u00a0 The study involved a population of 128 infertile French men from whom seminal and blood plasma samples were collected. The study was conducted at the “Pole Sant\u00e9 L\u00e9onard de Vinci” medical center, located centrally near Tours, France. This region is recognized for its urban characteristics as well as being a major agricultural hub, particularly for grain and wine production. 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