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I confess that I had not heard about glyphosate until ten months ago. Most of the people that I have spoken to subsequently had not heard of it either. A friend of mine, who is passionate about health and fitness, recommended I read Toxic Legacy, and I am very glad that I have. On one level, this is an account of a brave scientist’s determination to uncover the truth about a dangerous chemical, involving a battle with a powerful corporate adversary, a David pitted against a Goliath. On another level, it illuminates the advances in scientific understanding of human biochemistry, the microbiome, and the natural environment since glyphosate was first approved for general use as a weedkiller in America in 1968. At a third level, it poses deep philosophical and theological questions about our readiness to interfere in the complex and interdependent systems that permeate the natural world.
