One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution and climate change, say researchers from McGill University. The widespread use of Roundup on farms has sparked concerns over potential health and environmental effects globally. Since the 1990s use […]
By Derrick Broze The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reaffirmed their belief that glyphosate is not a carcinogen, despite initially concluding the chemical was probably carcinogenic. On Thursday, the EPA concluded a regulatory review of glyphosate and found that the most widely used herbicide in the United States is […]
By Phillip Schneider Bayer AG, which recently acquired the Roundup herbicide in a $63 billion buyout of Monsanto, has once again been found guilty in a California court for not informing customers that their product can cause cancer. The Trump Administration, on the other hand, wants that ruling overturned. In […]
By Andrea Germanos The German government announced Wednesday it had agreed on a plan to phase out the use of glyphosate—the key chemical in the weedkiller Roundup—with a total ban set to begin by the end of 2023. “Way to go, Germany!” tweeted the U.S.-based advocacy group Organic Consumers Association. […]
By Phillip Schneider Joining over 11,200 plaintiffs alleging that Monsanto’s herbicide Round-Up caused them cancer is Merril Hoge, the former 7-year running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After speaking with several doctors about the cancer he was diagnosed with in 2003, he discovered that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, […]
By Arjun Walia The Facts: Zach Bush, a cancer researcher and doctor outlines the problems we are facing with glyphosate, and how politicians are not the solutions, we are. It’s a very eye-opening well-done video. Reflect On: How are substances like glyphosate approved as safe by our federal health regulatory […]
By Arjun Walia The Facts: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Roundup herbicide that was manufactured by Monsanto, has been found in multiple foods that have been marketed to children. You can view the list below. Reflect On: With countless scientific publications and examples of fraud clearly showing that glyphosate […]
By Jessica Corbett Austria is on track to become the first country in the European Union (EU) to fully ban the world’s most commonly used herbicide after the nation’s lower house of parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would outlaw all uses of the endocrine-disrupting chemical glyphosate, which researchers and […]
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 veterans and Vietnamese civilians exposed […]
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 of the Barton’s would also […]