Roundup In 75% of Air and Water Sampled -- Causes Kidney Failure

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Roundup In 75% of Air and Water Sampled -- Causes Kidney Failure
By Washington's Blog
General News 2/28/2014 at 12:00:14

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey -- soon to be published in the journal Enviromental Toxicology and Chemistry -- finds that Monsanto's Roundup herbicide (technically known as "glyphosate&quot and its toxic degradation byproduct AMPA were found in over 75% of all air and rain samples in Mississippi in 2007.

Another new study -- published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health -- proposes that the epidemic of kidney failure found in areas with hard water is caused by an adverse reaction between Roundup and the chemicals found in hard water:



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Indeed, "Roundup-ready plants" -- plants genetically engineered to be able to tolerate Roundup -- have overtaken the country. For example:

* Monsanto reports that -- between 2008 and 2009 -- 95% of all sugarbeets planted were genetically engineered to be able to tolerate high doses of the pesticide Roundup
* The USDA reports that 93% of all soy and 85% of all corn grown in the U.S. is an herbicide-resistant GE variety.
* Similarly, around 93% of all cottonseed oil and more than 90% of all canola oil produced in the U.S. is herbicide-resistant GE.