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Mette Frederiksen, Boris Johnson: Reject Industry PR, Ban Glyphosate, Protect Public Health!
Mette Frederiksen, Boris Johnson: Reject Industry PR, Ban Glyphosate, Protect Public Health! On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason wrote to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA). She wanted to draw the agency’s attention to the findings that indicate the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact […]
Playing Role of Pesticide ‘Cheerleader,’ EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup
Playing Role of Pesticide ‘Cheerleader,’ EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup “It’s the Environmental Protection Agency, not the pesticide protection agency.” “It’s a little bit sad,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, “the EPA is the biggest cheerleader and defender of glyphosate.” (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) […]
“They Were Saying Horrible Things” – How Monsanto Tried To Discredit Journalists, Rockstars And Other ‘Roundup’ Critics
“They Were Saying Horrible Things” – How Monsanto Tried To Discredit Journalists, Rockstars And Other ‘Roundup’ Critics Discrediting adversarial journalists and even a legendary rock star who had criticized the health hazards of roundup weedkiller. Silencing activists and alleged victims of the company’s roundup weedkiller. These Harvey Weinsten-esque tactics were employed by Monsanto owner Bayer […]
The Places in America that Use the Most (and Least) Pesticides
The Places in America that Use the Most (and Least) Pesticides With the recent second verdict where a jury ruled that Roundup weedkiller contributed to a man’s cancer, controversial pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are once again in the news. These chemicals, particularly the herbicide glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) have long played a role in American […]
New Study Finds 41% Increase In Cancer Risk From Roundup’s Glyphosate
New Study Finds 41% Increase In Cancer Risk From Roundup’s Glyphosate A comprehensive analysis of glyphosate – the most widely used weed-killing chemical in the world – reveals that those with the highest exposures to the popular herbicide have a 41% increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) cancer. The meta-analysis of six studies containing nearly 65,000 participants also looked […]
New Study Suggests Glyphosate Can Kill Bees By Damaging Their Microbiomes
New Study Suggests Glyphosate Can Kill Bees By Damaging Their Microbiomes We already know that glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide – can damage the human gut by killing beneficial bacteria. Now, an alarming new study has revealed that glyphosate can also damage the guts of honey bees. The research, conducted at The University of […]
Dave Murphy: Will Monsanto’s Loss Result In Less Poison In Our Food?
rganicconsumers.org/ Dave Murphy: Will Monsanto’s Loss Result In Less Poison In Our Food? An update on the situation with glyphosate In November 2016, a very concerning report — Glyphosate: Unsafe On Any Plate — was released by The Detox Project and Food Democracy Now!, raising the alarm of the high levels of glyphosate in the US food supply and the […]
Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have “Explosive” Monsanto Documents
Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim To Have “Explosive” Monsanto Documents Lawyers involved in a California lawsuit against Monsanto claim to have “explosive” documents concerning the Bayer-owned agrochemical giant’s activities in Europe, according to Euronews. “What we have is the tip of the iceberg. And in fact we have documents now in our possession, several hundreds documents, that have not […]
Monsanto-Bayer: Eliminating the Name Will Not Erase the History
Monsanto-Bayer: Eliminating the Name Will Not Erase the History We will continue to reclaim citizens’ rights, as well as those of small and medium producers, who, despite being crushed by the current market mechanisms, are the only ones providing us with healthy and nutritious food “According to Reuters, the number of lawsuits brought against Bayer’s […]
BUSTED! Monsanto Caught Writing Their Own Independent Safety Reviews
BUSTED! Monsanto Caught Writing Their Own Independent Safety Reviews Leaked internal documents from Monsanto condemn the already-struggling giant to maintain some level of integrity. The company has been caught red-handed using a ghostwriter to craft their own independent safety reviews to be published in scientific journals. According to Natural News, plaintiffs suing the agricultural company […]
Toxic Wheat, GMOs and the Precautionary Principle
Toxic Wheat, GMOs and the Precautionary Principle Ben Shahn Daughter of Virgil Thaxton, farmer, near Mechanicsburg, Ohio 1938Recently, I posted a two-tear old article on facebook.com/TheAutomaticEarth that was shared so many times it seems to make sense to use it for an Automatic Earth article as well. The article asks how toxic the wheat we eat is […]
Monsanto Claims A Breach Of Its Constitutional Rights
MONSANTO CLAIMS A BREACH OF ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS The Monsanto Company is again under fire as a recent report states that Glyphosate, the main ingredient in the company’s money-making Roundup herbicide, is the most widely used herbicide chemical in the world. Studies have suggested that this chemical is a possible human carcinogen. In fact, the […]
Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals
Monsanto is Suing California for Telling People the Truth About Its Chemicals (ANTIMEDIA) California — Monsanto is suing the State of California for its intent to include glyphosate — the main ingredient in its wildly popular herbicide, Roundup — on its Proposition 65 toxic chemicals list. California’s decision came after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for […]
Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds
Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds Protests against Monsanto’s Roundup, with its poisonous, weed-killing glyphosate, have spread around the globe. An arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a probable cause of cancer in 2015. California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CA EPA) recently decided to label it as such. Environmental groups and […]
