An American Epidemic: Glyphosate, Autism, and Autoimmunity- Dr. Stephanie Seneff, MIT CSAIL, DS Pod #229

The DemystifySci Podcast

Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, who turned her attention to an infamous neurodevelopmental epidemic when a friend’s child was suddenly diagnosed with the condition. Using her technical knowledge of natural language processing systems, Seneff set out to untangle the biological literature to see if it was possible to identify an environmental contaminant that could be responsible for the exploding numbers of diagnoses. To her surprise, there was a robust correlation with widespread use of glyphosate, an herbicide that is the main ingredient of the Monsanto product Round-up. We talk about her path to uncovering the correlation, a potential biochemical mechanism for how it could be involved in so many disorders, and the controversy that has swirled after she went public with her findings. Check out her book and support the podcast at the same time here: https://amzn.to/3uW5pRb Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub Sign up for a yearly Patreon membership for discounted conference tickets: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:08:26) Wrestling with corporate interests (00:17:20) Difficulties of getting to the bottom of biology (00:27:36) Damaging metabolism manifests as disease (00:33:01) What's going on with deuterium? (00:38:09) How glyphosate damages metabolic function (00:47:34) Reducing the impact of glyphosate post exposure (01:00:02) Inflammation as the root of disease (01:12:40) Is damage cumulative? (01:17:14) Why isn't this experimentally proven yet? (01:26:38) Bayer acquires Monsanto (01:35:34) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #GlyphosateResearch, #MonsantoControversy, #HealthScience, #EnvironmentalHealth, #SciencePodcast, #PublicHealth, #BiomedicalResearch, #ToxicChemicals, #HealthControversy, #ChemicalExposure, #Neurodevelopment, #ScientificDiscovery, #HerbicideImpact, #GlyphosateDebate, #EnvironmentalToxins, #MedicalScience, #Neurobiology, #ToxicityAwareness Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671