Coincidence? Monsanto patented glyphosate as an “antibiotic” drug, claiming weed killer is medicine http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-03-22-coincidence-monsanto-patented-glyphosate-as-an-antibiotic-weed-killer-medicine.html The patent was granted in 2010, and you can view it here. Monsanto patented the combination of glyphosate and polyvalent anion oxalic acid as a method for preventing and treating pathogenic infections like malaria . As the patent explains, parasites from the phylum of Apicomplexa are often responsible for diseases in humans and other animals — and glyphosate is capable of inhibiting the growth of these parasites. This patent certainly brings even more concerns about the impending Bayer-Monsanto merger, but more importantly, it raises a significant question: is glyphosate contributing to the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria ?