Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds
February 1, 2016
Monsantos Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds
by Shepherd Bliss
Protests against Monsantos 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. Californias Environmental Protection Agency (CA EPA) recently decided to label it as such.
Environmental groups and activists in Northern California, a region known for its wines, advocate a moratorium on this herbicide as health concerns mount. Roundup is the worlds most widely used pesticide.
Roundups active ingredient, glyphosate, was the focus of a January 28 informational event. It was initiated by the Watertrough Childrens Alliance as a fundraiser for a lawsuit against winemaker Paul Hobbs for converting an apple orchard into a vineyard adjacent to schools, thus putting the health of around 500 children at risk by spraying Roundup. The Sierra Club, Sonoma Group, co-sponsored the evening.
Sebastopol Mayor Sarah Glade Gurney welcomed a panel of three experts and around 60 people from Sonoma and Napa counties attended and moderated an active discussion. Attorney Jonathan Evans of the Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity, organizer Ella Teevan of the Washington, D.C.-based Food and Water Watch (FWW), and former Petaluma Vice-Mayor and City Council member Tiffany Renee spoke.
Monsanto also makes Roundup Ready, which are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). 93% of soy beans and 80% of corn in the U.S. are grown with Monsanto GMO seeds, reported Teevan. Food and Water Watch wants a moratorium on more GMOs and their labeling.
More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/01/monsantos-roundup-kills-and-damages-more-than-weeds/
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the GMO Potato,already grown in Idaho,is now on the docket for Minnesota. This is going to be interesting once the public figures this out.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)MITs Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., noted that the side effects of autism closely mimic those of glyphosate toxicity. Children with autism have biomarkers indicative of excessive glyphosate, including zinc and iron deficiency, low serum sulfate, seizures, and mitochondrial disorder.
It seems Doctor Stephanie doesn't understand the difference between correlation and causation. She is chock full of Dunning-Kruger.
Mr_Jefferson_24
(8,559 posts)...Monsanto brings down on humanity they remain seemingly untouchable and continue to escape being held accountable for any of their crimes, despite the widespread protests and legal challenges.
Who has this kind of power/connections? Just amazing.