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03/09/2016 / By glyphosatenews

Glyphosate found at high levels in mothers’ breast milk

Chemicals that destroy the natural world, like glyphosate, are being blasted into the earth at an unprecedented rate. Sales of Monsanto’s Roundup, which contains glyphosate, spiked 73 percent in 2013. The rise of genetically modified crops is ushering in the mass application of immune system-destroying chemicals, as consequences are unveiled, one after another. It’s no […]

03/09/2016 / By glyphosatenews

DARK Act would cause America’s crop fields to be saturated with cancer-causing glyphosate

A bill pending before the U.S. Senate would not just deny consumers the right to know whether their food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs), it could also strip states of their right to limit or regulate the use of dangerous herbicide chemicals widely sprayed over fields of GMO crops. The bill in question, which passed […]

03/09/2016 / By glyphosatenews

Glyphosate toxicity to humans: An overview

Monsanto’s infamous Roundup contains the hotly debated compound called glyphosate. This merciless herbicide is also found in 750 or more U.S. products. An herbicide like this infiltrates the landscape and accumulates in mammals, especially bone, hindering cellular detoxification along the way. A destroyer, glyphosate annihilates a plant’s building blocks of life, tearing apart amino acids. […]

03/09/2016 / By glyphosatenews

Glyphosate residues in Roundup Ready crops are ignored in safety studies

All but one of the animal feeding studies performed by independent researchers found significant effects from GM feed (Story by GMWatch, republished from GMWatch.org.) Glyphosate residues in GM Roundup Ready crops are largely ignored in studies used for GMO regulatory safety assessments, according to a new review published in Environmental Sciences Europe. The review also […]

03/09/2016 / By glyphosatenews

Monsanto Weed Killer Glyphosate Herbicide Found In Popular Beer Brands

Want a round of Round Up with your beer? The German beer industry is in shock after finding that 14 different popular beer brands have traces of the ‘probably’ carcinogenic herbicide, glyphosate – an ingredient found in Monsanto’s best-selling weed killer, Round Up. Germany’s Agricultural minster is playing down the risks in order to save one […]

03/04/2016 / By glyphosatenews

FDA to Monitor Glyphosate Levels in Food Supply

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that starting this year it will evaluate milk, corn, eggs, and soybeans for remnants of the world’s most widely used agricultural chemical: glyphosate. (Article by Conan Milner, republished from http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1970803-fda-to-monitor-glyphosate-levels-in-food-supply/) Some food system reform advocate groups say the FDA’s decision shows a step in the right direction, while others […]

03/04/2016 / By glyphosatenews

10 Things You Need To Know About Glyphosate

1)Glyphosate was synthesized for the first time in the 1950s, and was patented by Monsanto, who began to market it under its Roundup label in 1974. When the Monsanto patent expired, many other corporations started to produce glyphosate-based herbicides. Fourteen companies in Europe currently produce glyphosate for a range of dozens of products (source: A. […]

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