It has been proven that glyphosate does lower the mineral content and physiological availability of nutrients in a growing crop.
Glyphosate reduced seed and leaf concentrations of calcium, manganese, magnesium, and iron in non-glyphosate resistant soybean.
It has also been proven that glyphosate also reduces the nutrient, content in the grain/seed of a glyphosate resistant (GR) crop that is sprayed with GBH.
There is nothing in the genetically engineered, GR crop that enables the GR crop to deal with the chelating effects of the glyphosate herbicide. GR crops can simply survive or tolerate the application of the GBHs.
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Glyphosate as an Herbicide - Patented in 1969
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Due to the inability in lab analysis equipment and capabilities relevant to nutrient/nutritional analysis, it is difficult to determine if a mineral is present, and available, or unavailable due to the presence of glyphosate residue.
The mineral can be detected to be present but it is uncertain if it is available for utilization with MOST labs’ testing capabilities.
Glyphosate residue testing requires very specific equipment and expertise on how to properly conduct this type of analysis.
It is a very difficult to analyze for the presence of glyphosate residue as recoveries from ‘spiked’ samples can be as low as 60 % with certain analytical systems.
“glyphosate is the
most chronically toxic compound ever indiscriminately
released into the environment”