Glyphosate - commonly known as Roundup (Monsanto / Bayer) a widely used herbicide (weedkiller). Sprayed on crops shortly before harvest to desiccate (dry out) the crops so making it easier to harvest.
Pre-harvest use of glyphosate allows farmers to harvest crops as much as two weeks earlier and makes the likelihood of finding residues herbicide in food higher.
Glyphosate Health Concerns
Health concerns of glyphosate as an endocrine disruptor and that it kills beneficial gut bacteria, damages the DNA in human embryonic.
The World Health Organisation's, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, classified Glyphosate as a probable carcinogen.
Still no direct link between glyphosate and celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity
Glyphosate Research
Additional Reading:
Not just a fad: the surprising, gut-wrenching truth about gluten
How is glyphosate getting into our bread?
The Real Reason Wheat is Toxic (it’s not the gluten)
Weed Killer Roundup: To Blame for Celiac and Gluten Sensitivity?
Is Roundup the Cause of 'Gluten Intolerance'?
Gut Issues. Gluten or Glyphosate?
Research:
Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases II: Celiac sprue and gluten intolerance
Facts and Fallacies in the Debate on Glyphosate Toxicity.
The need for independent research on the health effects of glyphosate-based herbicides.
