Roundup Is More Toxic than Declared - Prof. Gilles-Eric Seralini | GMO EVIDENCE. In a new research paper published in the high ranked scientific journal Toxicology, Robin Mesnage, Benoît Bernay and Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini, from the University of Caen, France, have proven (from a study of nine Roundup-like herbicides) that the most toxic compound is not glyphosate, which is the substance the most assessed by regulatory authorities, but a compound that is not always listed on the label, called POE-15. Find It Here: sciencedirect.com Ethoxylated adjuvants of glyphosate-based herbicides are active principles of human cell toxicity Abstract: Pesticides are always used in formulations as mixtures of an active principle with adjuvants. Glyphosate, the active ingredient of the major pesticide in the world, is an herbicide supposed to be specific on plant metabolism.
Its adjuvants are generally considered as inert diluents. Authors R. Why Glyphosate Should Be Banned. Institute of Science in Society Special Report 10/10/12 Glyphosate has contaminated land, water, air, and our food supply; the maximum permitted levels are set to rise by100-150 times in the European Union if Monsanto gets its way as damning evidence of serious harm to health & the environment piles up Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji and Dr Mae-Wan Ho A fully referenced and illustrated version of this report is posted on ISIS members website and is otherwise available for download here Please circulate widely and repost, but you must give the URL of the original and preserve all the links back to articles on our website. If you find this report useful, please support ISIS by subscribing to our magazine Science in Society, and encourage your friends to do so.
Or have a look at the ISIS bookstore for other publications Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction2 Regulators and industry both culpable3 How glyphosate works4 Health impacts 4.1 Teratogenicity and reproductive effects 4.2 Endocrine disruption. New Bill for Monsanto is a U.S. & Canadian Food Nightmare? In the House Agriculture Committee’s 2012 Farm Bill, a dangerous set of policy riders favoring Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops could create serious risks to farmers, the environment, and public health. On July 10, 2012 a report by Alliance for Natural Health alerted the public to these two riders that would eliminate all meaningful review of the effect that GMO crops may have on our environment or our health.
If passed, these riders would outlaw any review of GMO crop impacts based on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), or any other environmental law. And no agency other than U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would be allowed to provide analysis. It should be noted that the USDA is a government agency stacked with bio-tech industry insiders. Read more... Alliance for Natural Health has urged citizens around the country to contact their Senators and Representatives to voice their concerns. Monsanto's Roundup: Good or Bad? By Dr. Mercola An Illinois beekeeper whose bee hives were stolen and allegedly destroyed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture has stirred up a hornet's nest with his questions on why the state did this, and most importantly, what they did with his bees.The state claims the bees were destroyed because they were infected with a disease called foulbrood.
But when the 58-year apiary keeper had his hearing—three weeks after the removal of his bees without his knowledge—the state's "evidence" had disappeared, leaving more questions than answers about the raid on the beekeeper's hives. Some people, including the beekeeper, Terrence Ingram, suspect the raid has more to do with Ingram's 15 years of research on Monsanto's Roundup and his documented evidence that Roundup kills bees, than it does about any concerns about his hives.
Interestingly, the state's theft targeted the queen bee and hive he'd been using to conduct the research. The Ingram Case "I own four businesses. ... Monsanto's New 'Agent Orange' - Are You Eating, Breathing & Drinking It? 16th December 2011 By Sayer Ji, – Wake Up World In a groundbreaking study published in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry last month, glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide “Roundup,” is flowing freely into the groundwater in areas where it is being applied. The researchers found that 41% of the 140 groundwater samples taken from Catalonia Spain, had levels beyond the limit of quantification – indicating that, despite manufacturer’s claims, it does not break down rapidly in the environment, and is accumulating there in concerning quantities.
Why Is Groundwater Contamination An Important Finding? Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface, that supplies aquifers, wells and springs. Keep in mind that glyphosate is considered by the EPA as a Class III toxic substance, fatal to an adult at 30 grams, and has been linked to over 20 adverse health effects in the peer-reviewed, biomedical literature. Who Is Responsible For The Groundwater Contamination? Act Now! DCs outraged by Monsanto, GMO issue. Occupy Monsanto | Why genetically engineered food is dangerous: New report by genetic engineers. Aren’t critics of genetically engineered food anti-science? Isn’t the debate over GMOs (genetically modified organisms) a spat between emotional but ignorant activists on one hand and rational GM-supporting scientists on the other?
A new report released today, “GMO Myths and Truths”,[1] challenges these claims. The report presents a large body of peer-reviewed scientific and other authoritative evidence of the hazards to health and the environment posed by genetically engineered crops and organisms (GMOs). Unusually, the initiative for the report came not from campaigners but from two genetic engineers who believe there are good scientific reasons to be wary of GM foods and crops. One of the report’s authors, Dr Michael Antoniou of King’s College London School of Medicine in the UK, uses genetic engineering for medical applications but warns against its use in developing crops for human food and animal feed. Notes A shorter summary version will be released in the coming weeks. Monsanto Loses $2 Billion Judgment to Brazilian Farmers.
Varma reports: "Five million Brazilian farmers have taken on US-based biotech company Monsanto through a lawsuit demanding return of about 6.2 billion euros taken as royalties from them. " By Subodh Varma, The Times of India 12 June 12 ive million Brazilian farmers have taken on US based biotech company Monsanto through a lawsuit demanding return of about 6.2 billion euros taken as royalties from them. The farmers are claiming that the powerful company has unfairly extracted these royalties from poor farmers because they were using seeds produced from crops grown from Monsanto’s genetically engineered seeds, reports Merco Press. In April this year, a judge in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, ruled in favor of the farmers and ordered Monsanto to return royalties paid since 2004 or a minimum of $2 billion. Monsanto has appealed against the order and a federal court ruling on the case is now expected by 2014. “Monsanto gets paid when it sell the seeds.
Former Monsanto Employee Exposes Fraud. Damian writes: "Azevedo has since left the chemical industry and now calls for the enforcement of GE labeling laws. " By Sarah Damian, Food Integrity Campaign 14 July 12 his week the Food Nation Radio Network interviewed former Monsanto employee Kirk Azevedo about his concerns with the leading biotech company's practices, a timely interview as the battle over genetically engineered (GE) food regulation continues on a state, national, and international scale. Azevedo graduated with a biochemistry degree from California Polytechnic State University and started working for the chemical industry doing research on Bt (or Bacillus thuringiensis) pesticides. Around 1996, he became a local market manager for Monsanto, serving as a facilitator for GE crops for the western states. Azevedo recalls his disillusionment: Azevedo has since left the chemical industry and now calls for the enforcement of GE labeling laws.
Not so great news on the national front, however. How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education | Food. Photo Credit: Shutterstock/mostafa fawzy May 11, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Here’s what happens when corporations begin to control education. "When I approached professors to discuss research projects addressing organic agriculture in farmer's markets, the first one told me that 'no one cares about people selling food in parking lots on the other side of the train tracks,’” said a PhD student at a large land-grant university who did not wish to be identified. Unfortunately, she's not alone. A report just released by Food and Water Watch examines the role of corporate funding of agricultural research at land grant universities, of which there are more than 100.
The report found that nearly one quarter of research funding at land grant universities now comes from corporations, compared to less than 15 percent from the USDA. Influence does not end with research funding, however. Occupy Monsanto | Monsanto’s Roundup Shown to be Ravaging Butterfly Population. By Mike Barrett for NaturalSociety Monsanto’s Roundup, containing the active ingredient glyphosate, has been tied to more health and environmental problems than you could imagine. Similar to how pesticides have been contributing to the bee decline, Monsanto’s Roundup has been tied to the decrease in the population of monarch butterflies by killing the very plants that the butterflies rely on for habitat and food. What’s been shown to be an even greater threat to the population, though, is Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn and soybeans.
Roundup Ready Crops and Glyphosate Leading to Downfall of Insect Populations A 2011 study published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity found that increasing acreage of genetically modified Roundup Ready corn and soybeans is heavily contributing to the decline in monarch butterfly populations within North America . “This milkweed has disappeared from at least 100 million acres of these row crops ,” said Dr.