Friday, 3 March 2023 — Pesticide Action Network
Tag: Roundup
Bathed in Pesticides: The Narrative of Deception
Wednesday, 26 January 2022 — Global Research
By Rosemary Mason and Colin Todhunter
The volume of pesticide use and exposure is occurring on a scale that is without precedent and world-historical in nature. Agrichemicals are now pervasive as they cycle through bodies and environments. The herbicide glyphosate has been a major factor in driving this increase in use.These statements appear in a 2021 paper ‘Growing Agrichemical Ubiquity: New Questions for Environments and Health’ (Community of Excellence in Global Health Equity).
“The World’s Most Evil Company” May Lose a Few Court Fights—But Will Keep On Poisoning and Killing Millions of People with Its Carcinogenic Pesticide ‘Roundup’
Thursday, 20 January 2022 — CovertAction Magazine
[Source: chappette.com]
Monsanto (now part of Bayer AB) had to pay $78 million in 2018 and $10 billion more in 2020 to settle 100,000 cancer lawsuits. But that won’t stop a company whose 2021 revenues will top $49.991 billion…which is why Roundup is still being profitably sprayed in 160 countries around the world.
Glyphosate: EU assessment report excludes most of the scientific literature from its analysis
Tuesday, 30 November 2021 — GMWatch
92% of toxicity studies judged irrelevant or unreliable by preliminary European report.
By Claire Robinson
The preliminary EU report on glyphosate prepared by the Dutch, Hungarian, French and Swedish regulatory agencies fails to take account of the vast majority of recent studies published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, according to a report by the association Générations Futures.
A Message to the EU: Address the Real Public Health Crisis by Banning Glyphosate (Part One)
30 August, 2021 — The New Dark Age
by Colin Todhunter
The herbicide glyphosate – the most widely used herbicide on the planet – is authorised for use in the EU until December 2022. The EU is currently assessing whether its licence should be renewed.
Environmentalist and campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to the head of the Pesticides Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Jose Tarazona.
Bayer Confirms End of Sale of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides for US Lawn & Garden Market
29 July 2021 — Sustainable Pulse
Bayer have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following the costly litigation battle over their cancer causing weedkiller Roundup.
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Proven: Glyphosate herbicides change gene function and cause DNA damage
27 April 2021 — GMWatch
Bombshell finding could end EU authorization of glyphosate. Report: Claire Robinson
Glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup activate mechanisms involved in cancer development, including DNA damage – and these effects occur at doses assumed by regulators to have no adverse effects, a new study shows. The DNA damage was caused by oxidative stress, a destructive imbalance in the body that can cause a long list of diseases.
The Destructive Human Health and Environmental Impacts of Glyphosate Based Herbicide
28 April 2021 — Global Research
UK government is currently pushing for the deregulation of genetically engineered crops. Reject Industry PR, Ban Glyphosate, Protect Public Health!
By Colin Todhunter
On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason wrote to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA). She wanted to draw the agency’s attention to the findings that indicate the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees (glyphosate-formulated herbicides are the most widely used weedicides in agriculture across the globe).
Trial lawyers accuse Monsanto, Bayer of “pay-to-appeal scheme”
26 April2021 — US Right to Know
The lawyers who led the nationwide U.S. Roundup litigation through three trial victories and forced Monsanto owner Bayer AG into an $11 billion settlement have notified a federal court that they have uncovered evidence of fraud in a secret deal between Monsanto and a lone plaintiff’s lawyer who has not been active in the litigation until recently.
Glyphosate Hacks Hormones of Baby Girls after Exposure in the Womb – New Groundbreaking Pilot Study
8 April 2021 — Origin: Sustainable Pulse
A group of international scientists from the U.S. and EU have released a peer-reviewed pilot study that suggests the anogenital distance of baby girls is becoming more male-typical, due to their mothers being exposed to glyphosate when they are in the womb.
The Study, which was published on Monday, in the well-respected Elsevier peer-reviewed Journal ‘Environmental Pollution’, is a major breakthrough in our understanding of glyphosate as a hormone hacker (endocrine disruptor).
Roundup surfactants measured in urine, paving the way for biomonitoring in people
8 April 2021 — GMWatch
First step taken towards determining intake and body burden of overlooked toxic compounds
An important new step has been taken towards measuring glyphosate herbicide surfactants in the urine of people exposed to Roundup, with the publication of a new study in rats. Surfactants are a type of added ingredient, or adjuvant, that are added to herbicide formulations along with the so-called active ingredient – in the case of Roundup, the active ingredient is glyphosate. The role of surfactants is to enable the active ingredient to penetrate the waxy surface of plant leaves.
Connecting the Dots: Glyphosate and COVID-19
10 July 2020 — JenniferMargulis.net
Is there a connection between glyphosate and COVID-19?
Are glyphosate and COVID-19 connected? Glyphosate, one of the most toxic chemicals in the world, may be the key to why some people get severely ill from COVID-19. An MIT senior research scientist reports:
By Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D.
Special to JenniferMargulis.net
The Monsanto Papers – Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice
1 March 2021 — USRTK
USRTK Research Director Carey Gillam’s new book is out now from Island Press and garnering glowing reviews.
The St. Louis Post Dispatch calls Carey’s book “a fast-paced, engaging account of how Monsanto and Bayer’s fortunes changed dramatically in such a short span of time.” Read more reviews here
The Monsanto Papers is the inside story of Lee Johnson’s landmark lawsuit against Monsanto. For Lee, the case was a race against the clock, with doctors predicting he wouldn’t survive long enough to take the witness stand. For the eclectic band of young, ambitious lawyers representing him, it was a matter of professional pride and personal risk, with millions of their own dollars and hard-earned reputations on the line.
New study: low levels of glyphosate altered gut microbiome
1 February 2021 — US Right to Know
A new animal study found that low levels of the weed killing chemical glyphosate and glyphosate-based Roundup can alter the composition of the gut microbiome in ways that may harm health.
Crisis, What Crisis? Hypocrisy and Public Health in the UK
17 November 2020 — Dissident Voice
by Colin Todhunter and Rosemary Mason
On 12 March 2020, British PM Boris Johnson, referring to COVID-19, informed the public:
We’ve all got to be clear; this is the worst public health crisis for a generation.
Since that time, we have seen lockdowns, an ongoing government-backed fear campaign, fundamental rights being stripped away, dissent censored, inflated COVID-19 death numbers and the use of a flawed PCR test to label perfectly healthy individuals as COVID-19 ‘cases’ in order to fit the narrative of a ‘second wave’.
But, just for a moment, consider an alternative scenario.
EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Likely to Injure or Kill 93% of Endangered Species
25 November 2020 — Center for Biological Diversity
For Immediate Release, November 25, 2020
Lori Ann Burd, (971) 717-6405, laburd@biologicaldiversity.org
WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft biological evaluation today finding that glyphosate is likely to injure or kill 93% of the plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Glyphosate: Hypocrisy and Public Health in the UK
18 November 2020 — Global Research
By Rosemary Mason and Colin Todhunter
On 12 March 2020, British PM Boris Johnson, referring to COVID-19, informed the public:
“We’ve all got to be clear; this is the worst public health crisis for a generation.”
Since that time, we have seen lockdowns, on ongoing government-backed fear campaign, fundamental rights being stripped away, dissent censored, inflated COVID-19 death numbers and the use of a flawed PCR test to label perfectly healthy individuals as COVID-19 ‘cases’ in order to fit the narrative of a ‘second wave’.
But, just for a moment, consider an alternative scenario.
Bayer seeks to profit both from weedkiller linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and drug to treat it
21 October 2020 — GMWatch
Attorney Ben Crump denounces Bayer’s cynicism
Personal injury and civil rights attorney Ben Crump has denounced Bayer Corporation for seeking to profit both from the sale of its weedkiller Roundup, which has been linked to non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and a new Bayer drug to treat the disease. Continue reading
Toxic Levels of Heavy Metals and PAHs Discovered in Some Alternatives to Glyphosate-Based Weedkillers
23 October 2020 — Sustainable Pulse
This new research follows a study by the same group of researchers in 2018, which identified petroleum residues and heavy metals in glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup. According to the researchers their undeclared presence can explain carcinogenic effects in humans but also mammalian tumours and lethal liver and kidney diseases.
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK?
28 July 2020 — Off-Guardian
Colin Todhunter
The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That’s the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK Environment Agency. It follows her January 2019 open letter to Werner Baumann, CEO of Bayer CropScience, where she made it clear to him that she considers Bayer CropScience and Monsanto criminal corporations.
The New Dark Age 