By Bill Walker Monsanto paid a shadowy chemical industry front group to help push back against the mounting scientific evidence that the company’s signature Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, court documents reveal. “If a company like [Monsanto] won’t support us, then who will?” the head of…
By Joe Jarvis Monsanto is the quintessential evil corporation. In the 1960s it created Agent Orange, a defoliant–hardcore weedkiller–which the USA used during the Vietnam war. The military sprayed vast swaths of the jungle causing horrible health effects like cancer and birth defects in American…
By Mayukh Saha Over the last three decades, Roundup became synonymous with farming. Farmer John Barton would use a thousand gallons a day just to get rid of the weeds which would grow in his farm just out of Bakersfield in California. The 3 children…
Exposure to glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, correlates to more severe cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s popular weed killer Roundup, has been linked to liver disease in animal models. In a new study,…
By Alex Formuzis The Environmental Protection Agency said today the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research showing a strong connection between glyphosate and cancer in humans. “Today’s decision by Administrator Wheeler, like virtually every one…
By Derrick Broze A third lawsuit related to claims that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer has revealed new details about the cozy relationship between the biotech giant and U.S. regulators. On Monday, Monsanto Co. corporate spokesman William Reeves admitted the corporation has regularly communicated with U.S….
By Catherine J. Frompovich Up front, I must admit I have conflicts of interest in writing this article. I eat about 95% to 98% organically-grown food, mostly all fresh, too! That’s the extent of my “conflict of interest,” since I do not advertise any brands…
By Alex Pietrowski The end is near for the toxic herbicide glyphosate, which is being banned in major cities in the U.S. and in many countries in the world. After two recent court trials, Monsanto’s flagship product Roundup has been legally determined to be carcinogenic,…
By Peter Tocci Hopefully, many readers saw Catherine Frompovich’s informative piece on vaccine damage to a ‘family’ of vital enzymes called Cytochrome P450, and to mitochondria – the energy producers in cells. Alas, vaccines aren’t the only horrendous assault on C-P450 enzymes and mitochondria. Glyphosate,…
By Olivia Rosane There are growing concerns about both the safety and proliferation of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller. Those concerns are part of the reason that the city of Miami passed a unanimous resolution last Thursday banning the spraying of glyphosate by city departments or…
By Catherine J. Frompovich No matter how you raise a glass to hail your drinking partner(s), or however you offer a friendly toast to them, there’s something you ought to know that may be defeating your good wishes, i.e., beer and wine contamination from glyphosate,…
By Julia Conley A far-reaching new scientific analysis found that the weed-killing chemical glyphosate is far more dangerous than U.S. government officials admit, showing a 41 percent increased risk of developing cancer for people who have frequent exposure. Five scientists at the University of Washington…
By Alex Pietrowski It’s been said that voting with your dollars is the most effective way of creating change in this consumer/capitalist culture; and after years of petitioning major retailers to stop selling products that contain Monsanto’s toxic glyphosate herbicide, it appears that Costco may…
By Sustainable Pulse Tanzanian civil society organisations (CSOs) welcome the decision of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Mathew Mtigumwe, to bring an immediate stop to all ongoing GMO trials taking place in the country. These are under the auspices of…
By Sustainable Pulse The French government has released its glyphosate ‘phase-out’ online platform, in an attempt to help farmers across the country to stop using the world’s most used herbicide before 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron’s office stated that the online platorm has been designed “to have a…
A California consumer has sued Quaker Oats for failing to disclose that 17 of their products contain the world’s most used weed killer, glyphosate. Morgan Steckler, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on October 26th in the U.S. District Court for…
Sustainable Pulse interview with Christine Fitzgerald, Owner of SmartVine, the first ever Glyphosate Residue Free certified wine. When did your company start to produce wine and what was your inspiration to launch SmartVine? My company started producing wine in 2018, with our first orders going…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Tropical rainforests, in particular, often are called the “lungs of the planet” because they take in carbon dioxide—the consensus establishment’s supposed culprit causing climate change. Trees breathe out oxygen, their natural symbiotic relationship with humans. Shouldn’t we plant more trees? Where…
By Meadow Clark Does your favorite cereal contain glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller? The answer is most likely YES! Oatmeal, cereal, snack bars, and other dry goods now found to contain glyphosate at levels deemed “unsafe.” After months of reports trickling in…
The world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, has been found in corn, soybeans and pet food by two different testing studies released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Cornell University this week. The FDA report released Monday on their 2016 testing program, showed that 2,670 domestic…
