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05/17/2018 / By Vicki Batts

An appeals court says CA can list the herbicide glyphosate as a carcinogen

After much fanfare, a state appeals court has ruled that California can list glyphosate as a carcinogen — and that the state’s ban on discharging the herbicide into public waterways stands, too. Despite Monsanto’s best efforts to keep the toxicity of their product under wraps, the ruling in California is undoubtedly a small victory for […]

05/14/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Environmentalists take EPA to court to reverse its approval of Dow Chemical’s toxic “Enlist Duo” pesticide

The stated mission of the US. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect both human health and the environment, ensuring that Americans have access to clean land, air and water. They also promise to review all chemicals in the marketplace for safety. More often than not, though, they have failed to uphold these lofty ideals. […]

05/10/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Roundup weedkiller more toxic than just glyphosate alone… alarming new findings reveal NON-active ingredients are poisons, too

Just how toxic is Monsanto’s most prolific herbicide, Roundup? While the active ingredient, glyphosate, has long been scrutinized, new research shows that active ingredients in pesticides and herbicides aren’t the only things people should be worried about. As many people have suspected, the so-called “inactive” ingredients featured in weedkillers like Roundup are not so benign after […]

05/10/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Germany to halt weed killer glyphosate use in household gardens, parks, and sports facilities

Given what we know about the serious harms caused by the weed killer glyphosate to human health and the environment, it’s baffling that such a toxic product is still allowed to be sold. Now Germany has found the courage to put its foot down, standing up to powerful, bullying companies like Roundup manufacturer Monsanto and […]

04/26/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

The Daily Caller’s environmental stupidity on parade: Chop down more trees, use plastic bags and “eat GMOs”

When you read the recent Earth Day article by Michael Bastasch on The Daily Caller, the first thing you might be tempted to do is check the date to see if it was written on April 1. The advice is so incredibly bad and contrary to everything we know about the environment that it’s hard […]

04/17/2018 / By Tracey Watson

First-ever birth study finds 93% of pregnant women have detectable levels of herbicide in their bodies

Roundup is a household name in the United States and around the world. For several years now, activists and the independent media have been voicing concerns about this herbicide’s main ingredient: glyphosate. Countless studies have linked it to everything from destroying the soil’s ecosystem and robbing it of its nutrients, to causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma and […]

04/10/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Women exposed to herbicide more likely to have SHORTER pregnancies and babies with lifelong medical conditions

Everyone suffers when they are exposed to herbicides, but some groups are certainly more vulnerable than others. According to a new study of pregnant women who live in the Corn Belt of Indiana, women who have high levels of glyphosate are more likely to have shorter pregnancies. Glyphosate is the active ingredient found in the […]

03/14/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Corporate retaliation: Monsanto is trying to take down civic group that warned about health risks of glyphosate herbicide

A group that dedicates itself to conjoining people with the pressing policy issues that affect them is being targeted by the world’s most evil corporation for daring to spread the truth about the toxicity of glyphosate, a highly pervasive crop chemical that’s commonly sprayed on genetically-modified (GM) crops. According to reports, Monsanto has served the […]

03/09/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Pesticide safety: Flawed risk assessment tests were driven by too much industry influence

“If pesticides are so dangerous, why are they allowed to be sold and used?” If you’ve ever tried to convince someone how important it is to buy organic produce, you might have heard this line. Answering honestly can get you labeled a conspiracy theorist pretty quickly, but according to one NGO, nine out of ten […]

02/22/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Monsanto attacks the IARC for labeling glyphosate a probable carcinogen – using the U.S. government as a weapon

U.S. Right to Know recently reported that even though 39 percent of all Americans will one day be diagnosed with cancer, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, government representatives are going out of their way to protect the manufacturers of a known cancer-causer: The glyphosate produced by agri-giant Monsanto. When the World Health Organization’s […]

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