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How a Controversial Poison Saved Utah Lake

How a Controversial Poison Saved Utah Lake

Fifteen years ago,Utah Lake it was dying. But the controversial herbicide glyphosate saved it.

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Bayer Ordered to Pay $2.25 Billion After Jury Links Herbicide Roundup to Cancer

“Another huge award against Roundup (glyphosate). NOTE: this article was originally published to WashintonPost.com on January 27, 2023. It was written by Frances Vinall. A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a

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The Declining Effectiveness of Roundup (Glyphosate)

To top off the damage that Roundup has wreaked on habitats, biodiversity, human health and farming profits, glyophosphate, the ubiquitous herbicide’s main ingredient, no longer works. Nature has adapted by creating “Super Weeds” that are not affected by the product. The authors of the article below summarized various studies

Glyphosate for Breakfast?

Glyphosate for Breakfast?

As discussed below, “American applications of Glyphosate – the most heavily-used chemical weed killer in human history – increased sixteen-fold between 1987 and 2007. Today, traces of the chemical are found far from the farm. It is so widespread that unless you live in a bubble and grow your own food, it’

Saying No to Glyphosate in Our Foods, Environment

Saying No to Glyphosate in Our Foods, Environment

Quoting sources for the article appearing below, ” … glyphosate is the most dangerous environmental chemical we face today due to its unique mechanism of toxicity, careless application, and pervasive presence.” NOTE: this article was originally published to TheEpochTimes.com on May 2, 2022. It was written by Melissa Diane Smith Of

Bayer Blasts ‘Unscientific’ Rejection by Mexican Regulator of GMO Corn Permit

Bayer Blasts 'Unscientific' Rejection by Mexican Regulator of GMO Corn Permit

As discussed below, Mexico does not want Monsanto/Bayer’s Roundup-laced food. Any discussion of GMO safety is in truth a discussion of Roundup (glyphosate). GMO corn is modified to tolerate the poison, which is linked to many human diseases. It remains to be seen if Mexico can withstand the

Judge Rejects Bayer Proposal to Resolve Future Cancer Claims

It took a brave judge to go up against Big Ag in this way. It is unbelievable that Bayer’s board payed $63-billion to jump into the quicksand of Roundup liabilities. As reported below, Bayer’s stock price has fallen 40%. This could be just the beginning. NOTE: this article

Banish Roundup From the Farm? It’ll Take More Than Lawsuits

Banish Roundup From the Farm? It’ll Take More Than Lawsuits

Considering that three generations of American farmers, ranchers and wildlife managers have been taught that pesticides are inherently safe, and the answer to most agricultural problems can be found in a bottle, the attitudes expressed in the article below are no surprise. What is very surprising is that there is

Bayer’s Roundup Woes Deepen as Germany Bans Key Chemical

Bayer’s Roundup Woes Deepen as Germany Bans Key Chemical

“Considering that the Europeans are far ahead of the US in their efforts to address the health and environmental hazards of agricultural chemicals, including glyphosate (Roundup), it is incredible that Bayer management – a European group – approved the Monsanto acquisition, thereby trapping Bayer in this company-killing tarbaby. NOTE: this article initially

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Report Finds Traces of a Controversial Herbicide in Cheerios and Quaker Oats

“Of course glyphosate is in Cheerios: It’s in everything. Because grape growers use Roundup® (glyphosate) to suppress weeds between vines, most wine has glyphosate residue – as does beer. Cotton growers use it to defoliate plants before harvest. Farmers’ GMO seeds like soybeans and corn are modified to survive repeated

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Dying Vines: How Herbicides are Damaging, and Destroying, High Plains Vineyards That Supply Much of the Hill Country Grapes

The agrochemical giants effectively control our agencies, legislatures, universities and conservation organizations. Their latest poison – which EPE rubber-stamped for general use – is 2,4-D, a primary component of Agent Orange, the infamous Vietnam poison. Agent Orange caused about 2-million birth defects in Cambodia and Vietnam. Over 60,000 American vets

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"Invasion Biology"

Cancer Worries Over a Common Weedkiller

California has recently acknowledged what the medical community has known for years: Glyphosate (Roundup) causes cancer. It is implicated in other diseases like alzheimers, gluten intolerance, diabetes, infertility and more. Glyphosate residuals are found in most everything we drink, eat and wear. Efforts to move away from glyphosate dependance in

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What Are The Health Risks Associated with Genetically Modified Foods?

Mounting evidence implicates glyphosate, marketed as Roundup®, – with most of the diseases and conditions blamed on the Western diet: gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Quail managers take note: glyphosate has been shown to have remarkable adverse effects on the gut biota

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Columbia Halts Spraying to Prevent Cancer

The World Health Organization: “Roundup Causes Cancer”. EPA: “Roundup is Safe as Aspirin”. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, like the conglomerates that own them, remain in lockstep with the major US agencies, universities and agrochemical giants in saying that Roundup and the witches’ brew of toxic