Category: Toxins

The facts about chemicals, pesticides, and clean water.

  • Why We MUST Detox from Glyphosate Toxins

    By now, most of us have heard about glyphosate in one way or another. Glyphosate has been found in the majority of our environment and food: rain, tap water, air, streams and even in our cereal, honey, breast milk and cotton products. It is almost impossible to avoid.

    Monsanto corporation – now a part of Bayer – lost the trial of the century against a man dying of cancer, his cancer alleged to be caused by Roundup herbicide. The corporation was found by a jury to be responsible for all claims and ordered to pay $289 million dollars in punitive damages to school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, whose life and limb are stricken with deadly lymphoma after years of using Roundup Pro and Ranger Pro. 

    Moreover, the jury found that Monsanto “acted with malice, oppression and fraud.” 

    Monsanto internal documents depict a “rampant corporate culture that has no interest in looking at whether or not their product is safe,” says Brent Wisner, lead trial counsel for Dewayne Lee Johnson in his lawsuit against the company.

    See the internal Monsanto papers and documents now unclassified that the jury saw that lead them to that conclusion.

    Our children are the sickest generation – 54% have chronic disease or neurological illness. Its easy to see that their health conditions are likely connected to this toxin’s pervasive use. Our children, the most susceptible to toxins. They are suffering the consequences of more than 250 million pounds of Roundup herbicide every year. At the same time, weeds are becoming more resistant to Roundup, so farmers are using more and more chemicals to deal with super-pests and super-weeds. From 1994 to 2005, the use of glyphosate has increased by 1,500 percent.

    Increasingly, glyphosate is also sprayed just before harvest on wheat, barley, oats and beans that are not genetically engineered. Glyphosate kills the crop, drying it out so that it can be harvested sooner than if the plant were allowed to die naturally.Monsanto’s Round Up ‘pre-harvest’ spraying guide meant for conventional farmers recommends that they spray crops just three days prior to harvest – and they don’t just mean on GMO crops. This means you’re likely consuming food which had been drenched in toxic pesticides.

    According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the following non-organic crops are sprayed with glyphosate (reporting years: 2004-2013) (10):

    1. Alfalfa*
    2. Almonds**
    3. Apples*
    4. Apricots
    5. Artichokes
    6. Asparagus
    7. Avocados
    8. Barley*
    9. Beans, Green
    10. Blueberries
    11. Broccoli
    12. Brussels Sprouts
    13. Cabbage
    14. Caneberries
    15. Canola*
    16. Canteloupes
    17. Carrots
    18. Cauliflower
    19. Celery
    20. Cherries*
    21. Chicory
    22. Corn**
    23. Cotton**
    24. Cucumbers
    25. Dates
    26. Dry Beans/Peas*
    27. Fallow**
    28. Figs
    29. Garlic
    30. Grapefruit*
    31. Grapes**
    32. Hazelnuts
    33. Kiwifruit
    34. Lemons*
    35. Lettuce
    36. Nectarines
    37. Oats*
    38. Olives
    39. Onions
    40. Oranges**
    41. Pasture*
    42. Peaches*
    43. Peanuts*
    44. Pears*
    45. Peas, Green
    46. Pecans*
    47. Peppers
    48. Pistachios*
    49. Plums/Prunes*
    50. Pluots
    51. Pomegranates*
    52. Potatoes
    53. Pumpkins
    54. Rice*
    55. Sorghum**
    56. Soybeans**
    57. Spinach
    58. Squash
    59. Strawberries
    60. Sugar Beets**
    61. Sugarcane*
    62. Sunflowers**
    63. Sweet Corn*
    64. Tangelos
    65. Tangerines
    66. Tobacco
    67. Tomatoes*
    68. Walnuts*
    69. Watermelons
    70. Wheat**
    *Over 100,000 pounds of glyphosate herbicide sprayed on them throughout the year
    **Over 1,000,000 pounds of glyphosate herbicide sprayed on them throughout the year

    Applying glyphosate to non-GMO crops as a desiccant before harvest is probably one of the worst times to spray, because the glyphosate then absorbs into the food crop directly. In other words, glyphosate can’t simply be “washed off,” as it has become part of the food itself. This chemical is them ingested by those who consume the whole, unprocessed food, or via processed foods that contain glyphosate as an ingredient.

    Poison Served with Breakfast

    The Environmental Working Group has released independent laboratory test results that found that Roundup’s weed-killing poison, glyphosate, has been found in 43 of 45 cereals tested, including those we feed our children.

    Of the 43 cereals that tested positive for glyphosate, 31 of those had a glyphosate level greater than 160 parts per billion–the threshold the EWG used. 1 part per trillion was shown to increase the growth of cancer cells. NO exposure is safe. 

    Cereals found to contain even higher levels of glyphosate include:

    • Quaker Simply Granola Oats, Honey, Raisins & Almonds
    • Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats ‘n Honey
    • Quaker Dinosaur Eggs, Brown Sugar, Instant Oatmeal
    • Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal
    • Lucky Charms, among others

    Dangers of Glyphosate

    Did you know that if your child has multiple allergies, rashes or even just irritability and learning focus challenges, that could indicate they have leaky gut? That means small holes in your child’s small intestines are leaking unprocessed food and potentially medications into their blood stream and causing havoc in the immune system. 

    Did you know that Glyphosate (Roundup) weed killer sprayed on GMOs and non organic food,  is allowed on 160 of our foods by the EPA at levels far above that which has shown to destroy gut bacteria? The gut bacteria is the stronghold of our immune system and is where Tryptophan is stored and made. Without Tryptophan our bodies cannot make Serotonin or Melatonin which regulate insulin, (diabetes) mental processing and  illness, feeling satiated (obesity), bi polar and even acts of violence. 

    Did you know that glyphosate can break down the blood brain barrier, allowing toxins into the brain such as chemical off gassing from fire retardent on pajamas, sofas and toxins in vaccines?

    Did you know that glyphosate destroys the tight junctions of blood vessels, hampering the flow of nutrients to bones and organs, leading to osteoporosis, arthritis and more?

    In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, reviewed extensive U.S., Canadian and Swedish epidemiological studies on glyphosate’s human health effects, as well as research on laboratory animals. The IARC classified the chemical as probably carcinogenic to humans, and has steadfastly defended that decision despite ongoing attacks by Monsanto.

    In 2017, California listed glyphosate in its Proposition 65 registry of chemicals known to cause cancer. The state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, or OEHHA, has proposed a so-called No Significant Risk Level for glyphosate of 1.1 milligrams per day for an average adult of about 154 pounds. That level of exposure is more than 60 times lower than the safety level set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

    Scientists have been able to correlate a number of health issues related to glyphosate exposure, including, but not limited to:

    •  ADHD [1] 
    •  Alzheimer’s Disease [2] 
    •  Autism [3]
    •  Birth Defects [4] 
    • Cancer [5]
    • Celiac Disease [6]
    • Colitis [7] 
    • Heart Disease [8]
    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease [9]
    • Kidney Disease [10]
    • Liver Disease [11] 
    • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma [12]
    • Parkinson’s Disease [13] 

    Glyphosate Detox

    If we’re not directly eating glyphosate-sprayed crops, then we’re inhaling it, or drinking it (or even bathing in it). There is quite literally no way to escape the glyphosate chemical giant Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) has created. 

    Here’s the steps to take to detox: 

    1. Eating Cleaner Foods. 

    • Choosing the organic or pesticide-free label. 
    • Seeking out stores that sell local produce labeled pesticide free. *Shopping in-season helps to reduce the costs. 
    • Shopping the regular sales at THRIVE MARKET seeking out the CHOSEN brand. 
    • Getting meats and eggs from local farmers.
    • **Eliminating refined sugar – specifically GMO beet sugar is important as well!

    “Herbs such as cilantro help us to eliminate metals such as lead and mercury. Herbs like turmeric and garlic help to lower the levels of inflammation that are often the underlying causes [of chronic diseases” -Dr. Robert Zieve, an integrative medicine expert and medical director of Partners in Integrative Cancer Therapies, in Prescott, AZ 

    2. Sipping Ferments. 

    Apple Cider Vinegar , Sauerkraut juice and Kombucha contain a beneficial bacteria that neutralizes glyphosate! That is absolutely amazing! 

    Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, ““With every mouthful of sauerkraut you’re consuming billions of beneficial microbes which will be killing the pathogens in your gut driving them out and replenishing the beneficial flora in your digestive tract.” 

    Click here to learn how to make sauerkraut at home and here to learn how to make kraut juice, a more gentle on the stomach probiotic for those with leaky gut. Getting your child to take the tangy savory liquid tends to be a bit more challenging.

    3. Regular Detox Baths (with filtered water).

    1/4 cup of Epson salts or baking soda or apple cider vinegar on a regular schedule has helped tremendously ESPECIALLY during the weeks before harvest as the fields around us are sprayed intensively with Glyphosate. 20 minute soak – or for our kids “until they get ‘wrinkly’. 

    4. Restore balance. Support Natural Detox.

    We have added a new element to our routine. Toxic exposure is constant and even with a clean diet, sneaking in ferments (which is really hard to do with young children) and doing regular detox baths its not enough to overcome the hurtle of these health issues. We are calling in reinforcements. 
    As a family we are adding Biome Medic a product specifically designed to tackle glyphosate toxicity to help flush harmful toxins, support “good” bacteria and repair your microbiome. 

    $50 Discount Biome Medic or Any Purium Detox Product

    Biome Medic. Studied under a randomized, product-controlled IRB approved protocol,the six-week pre-clinical trial reported a 74%reduction of the herbicide glyphosate, a 75% reduction in the inflammatory bio marker reactive protein(CRP) and a 35% increase in gut immune response as measured by reduced food sensitivities.
    http://www.puriumcorporate.com/purium1/php_uploads/BiomeMedicResearchResults-PressRelease.pdf

    Purim is a family owned company dedicated to providing whole, organic, GMO-free nutrients for the whole family. 

    [1] The journal Environmental Health Perspectives reported in 2002 that exposure to Roundup [glyphosate herbicide] was been linked to attention deficit disorder (ADHD), likely due to the herbicide’s capacity to disrupt thyroid hormone functions.

    [2] A study published in the journal Toxicology found that glyphosate exposure can cause the same kind of oxidative stress and neural cell death found in Alzheimer’s diagnosis. It also affects CaMKII, an enzyme whose dysregulation has also been linked to Alzheimer’s.

    [3] A research scientist at MIT says the symptoms of glyphosate toxicity closely resembles the same of autism symptoms.

    [4] Glyphosate exposure can disrupt the Vitamin A signaling pathway, which is critical for normal fetal development. A study from Paraguay found that babies born to women, living less than a mile from fields sprayed with glyphosate herbicide, were more than twice as likely to develop birth defects.

    [5]: There are numerous glyphosate studies that link glyphosate to cancer. The International Agency of Research on Cancer (an agency within the World Health Organization) published a study in 2015 that determined glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen. There is also a meta-analysis study from 2014 published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and a 2008 Swedish study that link glyphosate and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. There are others, including a study in Argentina of 65,000 people in farming communities where Roundup is used (communities referred to as “the fumigated towns”), found cancer rates to be two to four times higher than the country’s national average. Specifically, the study noted increases in breast, prostate and lung cancers. In a comparison of two farming communities—one that sprayed Roundup and another that didn’t—31 percent of residents in the Roundup sprayed community had a family member with cancer. In the community that didn’t spray, only three percent of residents had a family member with cancer. The high cancer rates among those exposed to Roundup [glyphosate herbicide] can likely be traced to the herbicide’s known capacity to induce DNA damage, which has been demonstrated in a number of laboratory tests.

    [6] A study of fish exposed to glyphosate herbicide showed that some developed digestive problems similar to those with Celiac Disease. Parallels between glyphosate exposure and Celiac Disease include impairment in enzymes critical to detoxifying environmental toxins, imbalances in gut bacteria, amino acid depletion and certain mineral deficiencies.

    [7] A Roundup study titled ‘The Effect of Glyphosate on Potential Pathogens and Beneficial Members of Poultry Microbiota in Vitro’ found that glyphosate toxicity could be a significant predisposing factor in the overgrowth of clostridia, an established causal factor in colitis.

    [8]: A study published in Entropy found that glyphosate exposure can cause disruption to the body’s enzymes, causing lysosomal dysfunction, which is a factor in heart failure and cardiovascular disease.

    [9] In another Entropy study, researchers found that exposure to glyphosate has been demonstrated to create a severe tryptophan deficiency in some, which can cause inflammatory bowel disease.

    [10]: Glyphosate herbicide exposure may explain the recent spike in kidney disease statistics among farm workers in India, Central America and Sri Lanka. According to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: “Although glyphosate alone does not cause an epidemic of chronic kidney disease, it seems to have acquired the ability to destroy the renal tissues of thousands of farmers.”

    [11] A 2009 study showed that very low doses of glyphosate can disrupt liver cell function.

    [12] A study looking at meta-analyses of nearly 30 years worth of research on the relationship between Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and occupational exposure to pesticides, found a positive association between glyphosate herbicide exposure and B cell lymphoma.

     [13] The onset of Parkinson’s following glyphosate exposure has been documented by a number of lab studies, which show that glyphosate can induce the cell death characteristic of the disease.

    Contaminated Cheerios: https://www.reuters.com/article/products-general-mills-glyphosate/general-mills-hit-with-lawsuit-over-glyphosate-containing-cheerios-idUSL2N1VB1MY

    To read more about allowable glyphosate levels and the chemical’s effects, read “Glyphosate: Unsafe on Any Plate”.

  • Glyphosate Detox: Because Exposure is Inescapable

    Glyphosate has been found in the majority of our environment and food: rain, tap water, air, streams and even in our cereal, honey, breast milk and cotton products. It is almost impossible to avoid. My children struggle with multiple allergies, regulation and ADD. We changed their diet from conventional to an organic diet and discovered that it wasn’t the food that they were allergic to, it was the pesticide/herbicide ON the food. 

    75% of our foods are contaminated with the poison called Roundup. Even the wheat, barley, oats and beans and more than 65 other crops that are not genetically engineered get a spray of crop-killing poison to help them ‘dry out’ fast just 7 days before harvest. Applying glyphosate to non-GMO crops as a desiccant before harvest is probably one of the worst times to spray, because the glyphosate then absorbs into the food crop directly. In other words, glyphosate can’t simply be “washed off,” as it has become part of the food itself. This chemical is them ingested by those who consume the whole, unprocessed food, or via processed foods that contain glyphosate.

    Dangers of Glyphosate

    Did you know that if your child has multiple allergies, rashes or even just irritability and learning focus challenges, that could indicate they have leaky gut? That means small holes in your child’s small intestines are leaking unprocessed food and potentially medications into their blood stream and causing havoc in the immune system. 

    Did you know that Glyphosate (Roundup) weed killer sprayed on GMOs and non organic food,  is allowed on 160 of our foods by the EPA at levels far above that which has shown to destroy gut bacteria? The gut bacteria is the stronghold of our immune system and is where Tryptophan is stored and made. Without Tryptophan our bodies cannot make Serotonin or Melatonin which regulate insulin, (diabetes) mental processing and  illness, feeling satiated (obesity), bi polar and even acts of violence. 

    Did you know that glyphosate can break down the blood brain barrier, allowing toxins into the brain such as chemical off gassing from fire retardent on pajamas, sofas and toxins in vaccines?

    Did you know that glyphosate destroys the tight junctions of blood vessels, hampering the flow of nutrients to bones and organs, leading to osteoporosis, arthritis and more? [1]

    I have seen FIRST HAND the impact that this toxin has had on my child’s ability to regulate emotions, process thoughts. The struggle of my child to stay focused long enough to complete a simple sentence is overwhelming for a mother to watch. When exposed to glyphosate contaminated food, significant food reactions result affecting him for more than a week. Glyphosate’s toxic affects are cumulative and overwhelming my child’s natural ability to detox. 

    Glyphosate Detox

    One of the greatest threats to our health today is the toxic Glyphyosate. Glyphosate toxicity is reaching unprecedented levels in men, women, and children across the world. And while our ultimate goal is to stop its use and remove this harmful chemical from our environment, something had to be done immediately to protect us from its dangers and eliminate it from our bodies. 

    If we’re not directly eating glyphosate-sprayed crops, then we’re inhaling it, or drinking it (or even bathing in it). There is quite literally no way to escape the glyphosate chemical giant Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) has created. 

    Here’s the steps we have taken to see drastic improvement our family’s healing: 

    1. Eating Cleaner Foods. 

    • Choosing the organic or pesticide-free label. 
    • Seeking out stores that sell local produce labeled pesticide free. *Shopping in-season helps to reduce the costs. 
    • Shopping the regular sales at THRIVE MARKET seeking out the CHOSEN brand. 
    • Getting meats and eggs from local farmers.
    • **Eliminating refined sugar – specifically GMO beet sugar is important as well!

    “Herbs such as cilantro help us to eliminate metals such as lead and mercury. Herbs like turmeric and garlic help to lower the levels of inflammation that are often the underlying causes [of chronic diseases” -Dr. Robert Zieve, an integrative medicine expert and medical director of Partners in Integrative Cancer Therapies, in Prescott, AZ 

    2. Sipping Ferments. 

    Apple Cider Vinegar , Sauerkraut juice and Kombucha contain a beneficial bacteria that neutralizes glyphosate! That is absolutely amazing! 

    Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, ““With every mouthful of sauerkraut you’re consuming billions of beneficial microbes which will be killing the pathogens in your gut driving them out and replenishing the beneficial flora in your digestive tract.” 

    Click here to learn how to make your own. Click here to learn how to make sauerkraut at home and here to learn how to make kraut juice, a more gentle on the stomach probiotic for those with leaky gut. Getting your child to take the tangy savory liquid tends to be a bit more challenging.

    3. Regular Detox Baths (with filtered water).

    1/4 cup of Epson salts or baking soda or apple cider vinegar on a regular schedule has helped tremendously ESPECIALLY during the weeks before harvest as the fields around us are sprayed intensively with Glyphosate. 20 minute soak – or for our kids “until they get ‘wrinkly’. 

    4. Restore balance. Support Natural Detox.

    We have added a new element to our routine. Toxic exposure is constant and even with a clean diet, sneaking in ferments (which is really hard to do with young children) and doing regular detox baths its not enough to overcome the hurtle of these health issues. We are calling in reinforcements. 

    As a family we are adding Biome Medic a product specifically designed to tackle glyphosate toxicity to help flush harmful toxins, support “good” bacteria and repair your microbiome. 

    To receive a $50 Discount Biome Medic or Any Purium Detox Product use coupon code BeTrue at checkout. *This code applies to any of their raw food, vegan products.

    Biome Medic. Studied under a randomized, product-controlled IRB approved protocol,the six-week pre-clinical trial reported a 74%reduction of the herbicide glyphosate, a 75% reduction in the inflammatory bio marker reactive protein(CRP) and a 35% increase in gut immune response as measured by reduced food sensitivities.

    http://www.puriumcorporate.com/purium1/php_uploads/BiomeMedicResearchResults-PressRelease.pdf

    Purim is a family owned company dedicated to providing whole, organic, GMO-free nutrients for the whole family. 

    [1] To read more about allowable glyphosate levels and the chemical’s effects, read “Glyphosate: Unsafe on Any Plate”.

  • Public Demands Transparency & Action on Glyphosate-Contaminated Food and Vaccines

    The high-stakes game continues for Bayer AG and its deeply troubled investment Monsanto as they struggle to regain public trust and marketshare. For those who entered this ongoing saga at any point in the timeline recently, a quickening of events can be witnessed. For years people have been demanding food transparency with respect to glyphosate contamination from producer to regulator to retailer only to be pushed aside and ignored. It appears the pressure has now hit a critical mass and is beginning to fracture the old paradigm at its most vulnerable points.

    Almost a month out from the $289M San Francisco Roundup-cancer verdict and further lawsuits are continuing to pile on. As thousands line-up

    throughout the US seeking compensation and justice for their cancer allegedly being triggered by Roundup, a new legal angle has emerged and activated. It was last week the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) released their study promptly picked up by major media outlets globally. The group, having a long history of spotlighting the dangers of glyphosate, discovered amounts of the widely used herbicide in thirty-one out of 45 tested products. The glyphosate levels, found in popular oats, granolas and snack bars, have levels higher than what some scientists consider safe for children. Shortly after EWG’s study findings were released, Reuters reported, “General Mills Inc has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit claiming the company failed to warn consumers about traces of the weedkiller glyphosate in its Cheerios cereals.”
    For a few years semi-regular reports have been published alerting consumers about concerning levels of glyphosate found in not only food products but within the vaccine supply given to infants and children. In the past the mainstream media has been silent, however it appears they no longer can be. Will media outlets have the courage to go further and report on how widespread glyphosate contamination has become? Will they begin to spotlight the numerous studies that do show glyphosate causes harm within the human body? 
    Source: EWG, from tests by Eurofin Analytical Laboratories

    New York Senator Chuck Schumer’s office posted a press release pressuring the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update the public on their two yeas of hidden testing surrounding glyphosate in everyday foods.

    Schumer stated, “I am making it known today that the federal government is in fact investigating this chemical, and I am here today to ask them to provide us all with an update on their work so that concerned parents and consumers can get the answers they seek.”

    The press release goes on to state, “…according to reports on Freedom of Information requests to the FDA and their own submission, that the agency has been testing food samples for the weed killer chemical glyphosate, but that the agency has not released any official update or final report to Congress or the public. In 2016, an FDA spokesman also confirmed the agency study of the chemical to media, but Schumer says he and others are still waiting on results.”

    Maybe Schumer has been a subscriber and reader of the weekly reports from Moms Across America who, in 2016, was demanding for multiagency transparency from US regulators as well as politicians after finding widespread glyphosate contamination in the vaccine supply. Nearly two years ago, MOM wrote,

    “Moms Across America has sent a letter on September 1, 2016 to the FDA, CDC, EPA, NIH, California Department of Health, and Senator Boxer requesting that they make it a priority to test vaccines for glyphosate, recall contaminated vaccines and for the EPA to revoke the license of glyphosate to prevent further contamination. “And in the meantime we call upon our lawmakers to rescind the mandate which forces parents to vaccinate their child in order to attend school, in light of extraordinary new evidence.”

    After not addressing MOM’s original request, a Freedom of Information Act request was sent
    for any and all information the FDA and CDC have exchanged or filed regarding glyphosate in vaccines. The agency’s responses contained redactions on approximately fifty percent of the pages from the FDA while many others were completely blank.

    How has Bayer AG-Monsanto navigated the controversy after their historic trial loss? Monsanto has continually went on record giving press statements defending their untested Roundup product. The company is holding the line claiming their product isn’t cancer-causing despite their internal emails and documents showing they have not done the proper testing. There are numerous studies showing glyphosate does cause harm. In addition,  a lab has done some of the first tests on the entire, synergistic Roundup formulation and reported their findings in early 2018. The researchers found that exposing plants and human cells to the components of Roundup formulations, both mixed and separately, showed “measured toxicity and human cellular endocrine disruption below the direct toxicity experimentally measured threshold.”

    Will Bayer AG simply try to erase all traces of Monsanto as the company’s reputation and failed agricultural technology goes up in smoke? Fox 2 Now St. Louis recently reported that during Bayer’s “Day One” transition of their newly acquire Monsanto division, their priority was to replace the “Monsanto” company signs with “Bayer: Crop Science Division.” 

    In the age of information, it may take more than a change a window dressing for generations of families to forget the growing evidence of Big-Tobacco-level underhandedness that led to illness, diseases and environmental poisoning at the hands of Monsanto. The bottom line is that Bayer AG, at the very least, must now immediately begin to start warning people that their Roundup formulations can cause cancer.

    For years people have been demanding food transparency with respect to glyphosate contamination from producer to regulator to retailer only to

    be pushed aside and ignored. It appears the pressure has now hit a critical mass and is beginning to fracture the old paradigm at its most vulnerable points. If the General Mills lawsuit is viable, will that open another avenue of legal flood gates to sue all other food producers with glyphosate-containing products? Why didn’t food producers proactively implement internal controls to detect and eliminate glyphosate in their products. Why didn’t the FDA do more to regulate the amount of glyphosate in the US food chain when it appeared to have multiple years of data? Where are the other politicians demanding the US regulatory agencies release their unredacted glyphosate testing results from common food products and vaccines.

    More Resources:

    Toxicity of Roundup/Glyphosate in Breakfast Foods

    Glyphosate in Vaccines

    Sign the Petitions Stop Roundup Sold and Sprayed

    Glyphosate Detox

  • San Rafael residents take pre-emptive strike against 5G installations

    San Rafael, CA. Local residents have launched a campaign to block cellphone companies from attempting to build 5G towers in Marin. The 5G towers could exacerbate health symptoms already suspected as a result of exposure to electromagnetic fields, Vicki Sievers, of the EMF Safety Network, told the San Rafael City Council on Monday. According to the EMF Safety Network website, those symptoms can include fatigue, headaches, sleep problems, anxiety, heart problems, learning and memory disorders, ringing in the ears and increased cancer risk.

    “We’ve experienced 2G, 3G, 4G and now, on the horizon, is a fifth generation called millimeter wave technology,” Sievers said after her presentation that brought standing applause from about 20 people at the packed meeting. “Around the world, doctors and scientists are gravely alarmed about the biological and physiological effects of that technology.”

    Sievers said no permits for 5G so-called “small cell” towers have been issued in Marin as of yet — though they have in other Bay Area cities — and she suspects they are being planned in San Rafael and Marin.

    “(We want) amendments to the current telecommunications ordinance — which has not been reviewed since 2004 — that protect residential areas, schools and parks through setbacks and attention to power profiles,” Sievers said in an email Tuesday.

    According to Sievers, San Anselmo, Fairfax and Mill Valley are working on strengthening their cell tower ordinances.

    “Our effort has to do with making pre-emptive strikes before Verizon, AT&T (and others) actually make formal applications to each town and city,” Sievers said. “There are no applications in San Rafael to date, but there surely have been permits granted and installations begun in other Bay Area cities.”

    In May, Verizon was forced to withdraw its application to build two “small cell” towers in Sebastopol after four months of heavy opposition by residents and attorneys for the EMF Safety Network.

    “Several of us San Rafael residents went to the (San Rafael) council on Feb. 20 (when the Sebastopol issue arose), urging them to prevent such debacles here,” Sievers said.

    San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips said Tuesday he was not aware of any ongoing activity to strengthen or upgrade cell tower regulations in the city and there were no immediate plans for further discussion.

    “It kind of came a little bit out of the blue,” he said of Monday’s presentation.

    EMFs include wireless radiation emitted by cell towers, cell and cordless phones, smart meters, smart grid, Wi-Fi and computers, power lines, fluorescent lights, indoor wiring and other electronic devices, according to the EMF Safety Network.

    According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the jury is still out on the health risks of exposure to EMFs.

    “Studies have shown that some workers exposed to high magnetic fields have increased cancer rates,” the CDC reported on its website. “But such associations do not necessarily show that EMF exposures cause cancer (any more than the springtime association of robins and daffodils shows that one causes the other). Scientists have looked carefully at all the EMF evidence, but they disagree about the health effects of EMFs except to say that better information is needed.”

    According to the website whatis5g.info, the 5G “small cell” tower “will include the higher millimeter wave frequencies never before used for internet and communications technology. These waves do not travel easily through buildings so 5G will require millions of new cell towers. The wireless telecom industry is aggressively seeking to outfit nearly every lamppost and utility pole around the country with a wireless ‘small cell’ antenna beaming hazardous radiation next to, or into our homes, 24/7.”

    San Rafael resident Chandu Vyas said Monday he is wary of EMFs after a health challenge about five years ago. He said he developed severe and constant headaches after a smart meter was installed at his home. The headaches went away after he “opted out” and had the smart meter at his property removed.

    “I don’t want to go through the same health problem again,” he told the City Council. “I ask your help.”

    Kiah Bosy of Chi Home Design showed the council how her EMF meters ratcheted up to high pitch when she walked toward a TV screen in front of the council chambers.

    “It’s serious,” she said. “We’re microwaving each other.”

  • Contaminated Foods

    Here are some food products that have been credibly tested and confirmed to contain glyphosate. What’s wrong with Glyphosate? 

    Scientists have been able to correlate a number of health issues related to glyphosate exposure, including, but not limited to:

    •  ADHD [1] 
    •  Alzheimer’s Disease [2] 
    •  Autism [3]
    •  Birth Defects [4] 
    • Cancer [5]
    • Celiac Disease [6]
    • Colitis [7] 
    • Heart Disease [8]
    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease [9]
    • Kidney Disease [10]
    • Liver Disease [11] 
    • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma [12]
    • Parkinson’s Disease [13] 

    Quick Facts:

    • Glyphosate has contaminated our planet, and is now found in our children’s urine, mother’s milk, our bloodstreams, and our food and water. 
    • In 2015 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization found that glyphosate “is a probable human carcinogen”.
    • In July of 2017 the California State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added glyphosate to its prop 65 list of known carcinogens.
    • In October of 2017, after over 1 million Europeans requested a ban, 72% of the Members of the European Parliament voted to BAN glyphosate and EU Member states have refused to renew the license.
    • Four countries have banned glyphosate: Malta, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, and Argentina. 
    • Many U.S. school districts and cities have already discontinued the use of glyphosate.

    FOOD AND PRODUCTS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR GLYPHOSATE

    STAPLE CROPS AS REPORTED BY FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE (2013)

    • Maize grain
    • Soybeans
    • Soybean fodder
    • Cotton seed
    • Sorghum
    • Cotton seed
    • Maize grain
    • Barley straw and fodder Grass hay
    • Lentils
    • Sweetcorn
    • Sugar beet

    BREAKFAST CEREALS & SNACK FOODS AS TESTED BY DETOXPROJECT (2016):

    • Kellog’s Raisin Bran
    • Kellog’s Corn Flakes
    • Kashi Organic Promise
    • Kellog’s Special K
    • Kellog’s Frosted Flakes
    • Original Cheerios
    • Honey Nut Cheerios
    • Wheaties
    • Trix
    • Annie’s Gluten Free Bunny Cookies Cocoa & Vanilla
    • Cheez-It Original
    • Cheez-It Whole Grain
    • Kashi Soft Bake Cookies, Oatmeal, Dark Chocolate
    • Ritz Crackers
    • Triscuit Crackers
    • Oreo Original
    • Oreo Double Stuf Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
    • Oreo Double Stuf Golden Sandwich Cookies
    • Stacy’s Simply Naked Pita Chips (Frito-Lay)
    • Lay’s: Kettle Cooked Original
    • Doritos: Cool Ranch
    • Fritos (Original) (100% Whole Grain)
    • Goldfish crackers original (Pepperidge Farm)
    • Goldfish crackers colors
    • Goldfish crackers Whole Grain
    • Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies
    • Oatmeal Cookies Gluten Free
    • 365 Organic Golden Round Crackers
    • Back to Nature Crispy Cheddar Crackers

    BREAKFAST CEREALS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP (2018)

    • Quaker Simply Granola Oats, Honey, Raisins & Almonds
    • Back to Nature Banana Walnut Granola Clusters
    • Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats ‘n Honey
    • KIND Vanilla, Blueberry Clusters with Flax Seeds
    • Instant Oats
    • Granola
    • Nature’s Path Organic Honey Almond granola
    • Back to Nature Classic Granola
    • Giant Instant Oatmeal, Original Flavor
    • Simple Truth Organic Instant Oatmeal, Original
    • Quaker Dinosaur Eggs, Brown Sugar, Instant Oatmeal
    • Great Value Original Instant Oatmeal
    • Umpqua Oats, Maple Pecan
    • Market Pantry Instant Oatmeal, Strawberries & Cream
    • Oat Breakfast Cereal
    • Kashi Heart to Heart Organic Honey Toasted cereal
    • Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal
    • Lucky Charms
    • Barbara’s Multigrain Spoonfuls, Original, Cereal
    • Kellogg’s Cracklin’ Oat Bran oat cereal
    • Snack Bar
    • Cascadian Farm Organic Harvest Berry, granola bar
    • KIND Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut
    • Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, Oats ‘n Honey
    • Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip granola bar
    • Kellogg’s Nutrigrain Soft Baked Breakfast Bars, Strawberry
    • Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats
    • Nature’s Path Organic Old Fashioned Organic Oats
    • Whole Foods Bulk Bin conventional rolled oats
    • Bob’s Red Mill Organic Old Fashioned Rolled Oats (4 samples tested)
    • Whole Oats
    • 365 Organic Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats
    • Quaker Steel Cut Oats
    • Quaker Old Fashioned Oats

    ORANGE JUICE BRANDS AS TESTED BY MOMS ACROSS AMERICA (2017)

    • Minute Maid
    • Tropicana
    • Kirkland
    • Stater Bros.
    • Signature Farms

    MISCELLANEOUS

    Fight Glyphosate In Your Gut

    Glyphosate Detox

    If we’re not directly eating glyphosate-sprayed crops, then we’re inhaling it, or drinking it (or even bathing in it). There is quite literally no way to escape the glyphosate chemical giant Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) has created. 

    Here’s the steps to take to detox: 

    1. Eating Cleaner Foods. 

    • Choosing the organic or pesticide-free label. 
    • Seeking out stores that sell local produce labeled pesticide free. *Shopping in-season helps to reduce the costs. 
    • Shopping the regular sales at THRIVE MARKET seeking out the CHOSEN brand. 
    • Getting meats and eggs from local farmers.
    • **Eliminating refined sugar – specifically GMO beet sugar is important as well!

    “Herbs such as cilantro help us to eliminate metals such as lead and mercury. Herbs like turmeric and garlic help to lower the levels of inflammation that are often the underlying causes [of chronic diseases” -Dr. Robert Zieve, an integrative medicine expert and medical director of Partners in Integrative Cancer Therapies, in Prescott, AZ 

    2. Sipping Ferments. 

    Apple Cider Vinegar , Sauerkraut juice and Kombucha contain a beneficial bacteria that neutralizes glyphosate! That is absolutely amazing! 

    Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, ““With every mouthful of sauerkraut you’re consuming billions of beneficial microbes which will be killing the pathogens in your gut driving them out and replenishing the beneficial flora in your digestive tract.” 

    Click here to learn how to make sauerkraut at home and here to learn how to make kraut juice, a more gentle on the stomach probiotic for those with leaky gut. Getting your child to take the tangy savory liquid tends to be a bit more challenging.

    3. Regular Detox Baths (with filtered water).

    1/4 cup of Epson salts or baking soda or apple cider vinegar on a regular schedule has helped tremendously ESPECIALLY during the weeks before harvest as the fields around us are sprayed intensively with Glyphosate. 20 minute soak – or for our kids “until they get ‘wrinkly’. 

    4. Restore balance. Support Natural Detox.

    We have added a new element to our routine. Toxic exposure is constant and even with a clean diet, sneaking in ferments (which is really hard to do with young children) and doing regular detox baths its not enough to overcome the hurtle of these health issues. We are calling in reinforcements. 
    As a family we are adding Biome Medic a product specifically designed to tackle glyphosate toxicity to help flush harmful toxins, support “good” bacteria and repair your microbiome. 

    $50 Discount Biome Medic or Any Purium Detox Product

    Biome Medic. Studied under a randomized, product-controlled IRB approved protocol,the six-week pre-clinical trial reported a 74%reduction of the herbicide glyphosate, a 75% reduction in the inflammatory bio marker reactive protein(CRP) and a 35% increase in gut immune response as measured by reduced food sensitivities.
    http://www.puriumcorporate.com/purium1/php_uploads/BiomeMedicResearchResults-PressRelease.pdf

    Purim is a family owned company dedicated to providing whole, organic, GMO-free nutrients for the whole family. 

    Fight Glyphosate In Our Enviroment

    Do you want to take ACTION and help create healthy families and communities? Sign these three petitions initiated by separate organizations that are fighting for the same mission to make our communities safer.

  • We Win Against Monsanto!

    This is a MUST SEE news report from The HighWire with Del Bigtree 
    A jury found unanimously that #Monsanto’s glyphosate-based #Roundup weed killer caused Mr. Johnson to develop NHL, and that Monsanto failed to warn of this severe health hazard. Importantly, the jury also found that Monsanto acted with MALICE, oppression or fraud and should be punished for its conduct.
    If you want to sign the petitions that Del mentions in this interview we have all the links here. #HFIdaho even added a special one for Idaho asking Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter to make Idaho the first state to ban Roundup. https://hfi.designbyparrish.com/monsantoexposed
    #Idahome

    This article originally appeared at: https://youtu.be/FcWzRf2OEjI?t=39m11s.

  • Monsanto Papers | Declassified Secret Documents

    The collection of documents known as The Monsanto Papers or The Monsanto Secret Documents are available, here, and explained in detail. Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman is one of the leading law firms representing people across the nation in lawsuits against Monsanto. These personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits claim that exposure to the herbicide weed killer, Roundup, causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    These documents, obtained via Discovery (pre-trial civil procedure allowing the parties to obtain evidence from each other) allow people to see what is happening “behind the curtain” of secrecy that normally shrouds ongoing litigation. You will find links to internal Monsanto emails, text messages, company reports, studies and other memoranda.

    Searchable PDF Chart of Documents
    (Keyboard shortcut Control+F on a PC or Command+F on a Mac to search any word in this chart)

    Index of People Named in Monsanto Papers

    Declassifying Monsanto’s Secret Documents

    It is important for the public, regulatory agencies, and scientists to be fully informed of the processes which occur behind the thick veil of corporate unaccountability that have a direct impact on public and environmental health. This way, regulators can make informed decisions, the public is provided the opportunity to know what it is consuming (and at what cost), and scientists are able to build upon transparent data as well as know how much weight to place on research that may have an undue corporate profit motive behind it.

    In fact, these documents were released in part to aid the efforts of the European regulators and the California Office of Health Hazard Assessment, who are currently in the midst of making imperative decisions regarding glyphosate registration/classification. The damning tale that these documents tell over how Monsanto has handled the issues over the ostensible safety of its widely-used product will provide regulators across the globe with access to key information that should inform their vital decision-making processes. We sincerely believe that it is imperative for the litigation process to be as transparent and open to public scrutiny as possible, particularly since every aspect of this case has repercussions for society as a whole.

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    On March 13, 2017, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ruled that certain documents obtained by plaintiffs in the Monsanto Roundup multidistrict (MDL) litigation could be unsealed. Subsequently, the judge published them on March 14 and March 15 on the website for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. These were the very first evidence to be declassified.

    On June 30, 2017, Baum Hedlund, along with the leadership of the Roundup multidistrict litigation (MDL), challenged the protection of another group of documents, in an effort to make them available to the public. In a meeting to discuss the matter, Monsanto told the plaintiffs’ attorneys to “go away” and that the company would not voluntarily agree to de-designate any documents.

    Pursuant to Paragraph 16.3 of the Protective Order in the MDL, Monsanto was required to file a motion seeking continued protection of those documents challenged by the Plaintiffs’ June 30, 2017 letter within 30 days. In failing to file such motion within 30 days, i.e., July 31, 2017, Monsanto “automatically waive[s] the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation.” Id. ¶ 16.3.  And, since Monsanto did not file any motion seeking continued protection of the documents, it waived confidentiality over them. The documents are now officially public and Baum Hedlund is excited to share them with the world. This second group of documents was first published on the Baum Hedlund website on August 1, 2017.

    The August batch of Monsanto secret documents were sent to:

    (1) the EPA Office of Inspector General, Arthur Elkins, Jr., who is presently investigating whether there was illegal collusion between EPA and Monsanto; 

    (2) the California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which listed glyphosate as a substance known to the state of California to cause cancer on July 7, 2017 and is soliciting comments from Baum Hedlund and others to advise about whether glyphosate should be given a safe-harbor; and 

    (3) the European Parliament members, who, on July 4, 2017, sent a letter to the judge overseeing the MDL litigation, requesting documents as the EU considers whether it will renew registration of glyphosate for sale in Europe.

    You can view these documents in the chart we created or in the pages that follow. With each document, you will find a corresponding description, which briefly summarizes the key points raised, as well as commentary describing the relevance of the documents to the ongoing Roundup litigation. Only the August 2017 batch of documents contain the relevance information. Our commentary on the relevance of these documents may contain allegations cited in the Roundup litigation. These are allegations only, as the litigation is ongoing and there has not been any determination of guilt or liability.

    The Monsanto Papers are in chronological order within four categories:

    • Ghostwriting, Peer-Review & Retraction: pages 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
    • Surfactants, Carcinogenicity & Testing: pages 5 | 6 | 7 |
    • Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism & Excretion: 8
    • Regulatory & Government: 9 | 10

    Challenged Documents

    Issue: Ghostwriting, Peer-Review & Retraction

    1. Internal Email Showing Dr. Healy Asked Colleagues to Review Study That Found Roundup and Glyphosate Adverse Effects
    No: MONGLY02286842
    Date: 8/19/2008
    Documents Released: 8/1/2017

    Description
    This document is an email from Dr. Charles Healy to Drs. Farmer and Saltmiras wherein Dr. Healy requests that Drs. Farmer and Saltmiras review the article that Dr. Healy has been asked to review: “you two would be the reviewers in fact and I would then collate your comments and be the reviewer of record.” at *1.

    Relevance
    This document is relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation for the same reasons as the above (MONGLY01238768) document. Dr. Healy is violating the standards of the peer-review process by asking his Monsanto colleagues to review a study which observed the cytotoxic effects of glyphosate. Drs. Healy, Farmer, and Saltmiras all have vested interests in the study not being accepted for publication.  The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. This document also goes to witness credibility.

    2. Internal Email Showing Monsanto’s Effort to Silence Science Concluding Roundup Causes Adverse Health Effects
    No: MONGLY01189468
    Date: 9/9/2008
    Documents Released: 8/1/2017

    Description
    This document is an email from Dr. Charles Healy to Drs. Donna Farmer and David Saltmiras wherein Dr. Healy informs Drs. Farmer and Saltmiras that their decision regarding study sent to Dr. Healy for peer-review will determine whether the study will be published.

    Relevance
    This document is relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation as it confirms Monsanto’s efforts in ensuring that studies which reach conclusions of adverse health effects associated with glyphosate avoid publication and do not contribute to the carcinogenic assessment of glyphosate. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. This document also goes to witness credibility.

    3. Peer Review by Monsanto Scientist Charles Healy Recommending Rejection of Study That Found Glyphosate and Roundup Adverse Effects
    No: MONGLY01238768
    Date: 9/12/200
    Documents Released: 8/1/17

    Description
    This document is a peer review by Monsanto employee Dr. Charles Healy of a study titled “Cytotoxicity of herbicide Roundup and its active ingredient, glyphosate in rats”. The document contains recommendations for rejecting the study which found substantial adverse cytotoxic effects associated with Roundup and glyphosate.

    Relevance
    This document is relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation as it demonstrates Monsanto’s covert manipulation of the science on glyphosate cytotoxicity given Dr. Healy’s vested interests in Monsanto which conflict with the impartiality of the peer review process. Access to comprehensive, impartial peer-reviewed data on glyphosate, which is relied upon by both regulators and scientists to determine the associations between glyphosate and cancer, is thus limited given that Monsanto is able to circumvent the impartiality of the peer-review process. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation. This document also goes to witness credibility.

    4. Monsanto Email from Donna Farmer Demonstrating Company Manipulation of Glyphosate Studies
    No: MONGLY00919381, MONGLY00919400
    Date: 11/18/2010
    Documents Released: 8/1/17

    Description
    This document is an email and from Dr. Donna Farmer wherein she informs John DeSesso that she “added a section in genotox from the Gasnier study …see a attached a critique we did that I took that from. Am working on a section for gasiner in the mechanistic section. Also we cut and pasted in summaries of the POEA surfactant studies.” at *1. The attachment is a draft of the Williams et. al. study with significant edits by Dr. Farmer which is also challenged for confidentiality.

    Relevance
    Both documents are relevant and reasonably likely to be used in this litigation as they demonstrate Monsanto’s covert manipulation of the available scientific data on glyphosate. Scientists reading this published and peer-reviewed article would be unaware that the data was furnished by a biased contributor and the document is related to whether the inherent conflict of interest affects the merits of the data when determining the biological plausibility of glyphosate as a carcinogen. The reliability and consensus of scientific literature is directly relevant to general causation.  These documents also go to witness credibility.

    5. Emails Between William Heydens, David Saltmiras and others Discussing Kier/Kirkland Study
    No: MONGLY02145917 – MONGLY02145930
    Date: 7/2012
    Documents Released:     3/14/2017

    Description
    In these documents, Monsanto scientist David Saltmiras admits to writing manuscript of glyphosate genotoxicity literature with Larry Kier, a Monsanto consultant (MONGLY02145925). The email correspondence also details how adding scientist David Kirkland to the study would “add credibility.” (MONGLY02145918)

    More Monsanto Papers: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

  • Breakfast with a Dose of Roundup?

    EWG’s new report, Breakfast With a Dose of Roundup?, reveals alarming levels of glyphosate in popular cereals, granola bars and instant oatmeals. Glyphosate is the cancer-causing key ingredient in Monsanto’s signature herbicide, Roundup. Recently, a San Francisco court ordered Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages after ruling glyphosate played a key role in causing a school groundskeeper’s cancer. 

    EPA has denied that glyphosate may increase the risk of cancer, and documents introduced in the recent California trial showed how the agency and Monsanto worked together to promote the claim that the chemical is safe. EWG has been urging the EPA to review all evidence linking glyphosate to increased cancer risk and other adverse health effects in human and animal studies. The EPA should limit the use of glyphosate on food crops, including pre-harvest application.

    Each year, more than 250 million pounds of glyphosate are sprayed on American crops, primarily on “Roundup-ready” corn and soybeans genetically engineered to withstand the herbicide. But when it comes to the food we eat, the highest glyphosate levels are not found in products made with GMO corn.

    Increasingly, glyphosate is also sprayed just before harvest on wheat, barley, oats and beans that are not genetically engineered. Glyphosate kills the crop, drying it out so that it can be harvested sooner than if the plant were allowed to die naturally.

    Monsanto’s cancer-causing chemical shouldn’t be anywhere near our food!

    Quick Stats on Glyphosate

    • In 2016, the non-profit Food Democracy Now tested for glyphosate in single samples of a variety of popular foods. “Alarming levels” of glyphosate were found in a number of cereals and other products, including more than 1,000 ppb in Cheerios. More recently, the Center for Environmental Health tested single samples of 11 cereal brands and found glyphosate levels ranging from about 300 ppb to more than 2,000 ppb.
    • Glyphosate has contaminated our planet, and is now found in our children’s urine, mother’s milk, our bloodstreams, and our food and water. 
    • In 2015 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization found that glyphosate “is a probable human carcinogen”.
    • In July of 2017 the California State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added glyphosate to its prop 65 list of known carcinogens.
    • In October of 2017, after over 1 million Europeans requested a ban, 72% of the Members of the European Parliament voted to BAN glyphosate and EU Member states have refused to renew the license.
    • Four countries have banned glyphosate: Malta, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, and Argentina. 
    • Many U.S. school districts and cities have already discontinued the use of glyphosate.

    Read the full report to find out if glyphosate is in any of your favorite foods. Check out the resources below to protect your family and tell food giants to get glyphosate out of our food!

    GLYPHOSATE Resources:

    Glyphosate Herbicides Contain Toxic Levels of Arsenic 

    Glyphosate: Its inert ingredients are just as toxic

    Nampa commits to reduction of Glyphosate in Parks

  • Monsanto Knew the Toxicity of Roundup. Sign the Petitions to Eliminate Glyphosate.

    A jury found unanimously that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused Mr. Johnson to develop NHL, and that Monsanto failed to warn of this severe health hazard. Importantly, the jury also found that Monsanto acted with malice, oppression or fraud and should be punished for its conduct.

    Monsanto Co. continues to refuse to warn consumers of the dangers of its multi-billion-dollar product Roundup despite the world’s foremost authority on cancer—the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)—listing glyphosate as a probable carcinogen in 2015.

    For years Monsanto has claimed that there is no evidence that Roundup causes cancer, yet a mountain of testimony and documents was admitted during the trial. Johnson’s attorneys proved through testimony from Monsanto’s witnesses that company employees “ghostwrote” scientific articles and paid outside scientists to publish the articles in their name.

    Glyphosate + Surfactants = Cell Penetration and Damage, Including Cancerous Tumor Growth

    Internal documents revealed that a scientific adviser hired by Monsanto told the company that past testing for Roundup was insufficient because glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, was tested in isolation without the other chemical ingredients that make up the Roundup formulation. It’s not just glyphosate that makes Roundup so toxic.

    “Many of these confidential Monsanto documents were unsealed for the first time,” co-lead counsel David Dickens said. “They show that Monsanto knew that its testing was insufficient and that there was a synergistic effect when glyphosate is combined with surfactants which help the glyphosate penetrate both plant and animal cell walls.”

    More Than 4,000 Lawsuits Are Pending

    Lee Johnson is one of more than 4,000 people from across the country to file suit against Monsanto in state and federal courts based on allegations linking Roundup to cancer.The next Roundup cancer trial against Monsanto is also a state case and is scheduled to occur in October in St. Louis, Missouri. 

    Now that the judge in the federal multi-district litigation (based in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco), has accepted several of the plaintiffs’ experts to testify, trial dates for the federal bellwether cases should be announced in the next couple of months.

    Quick Stats on Glyphosate

    • Glyphosate has contaminated our planet, and is now found in our children’s urine, mother’s milk, our bloodstreams, and our food and water. 
    • In 2015 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization found that glyphosate “is a probable human carcinogen”.
    • In July of 2017 the California State Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added glyphosate to its prop 65 list of known carcinogens.
    • In October of 2017, after over 1 million Europeans requested a ban, 72% of the Members of the European Parliament voted to BAN glyphosate and EU Member states have refused to renew the license.
    • Four countries have banned glyphosate: Malta, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, and Argentina. 
    • Many U.S. school districts and cities have already discontinued the use of glyphosate.

    Do you want to take ACTION and help create healthy families and communities? Sign these three petitions initiated by separate organizations that are fighting for the same mission to make our communities safer.

    -> Learn More about the Trial:  https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/monsanto-roundup-trial-verdict

    -> WATCH the video of statements by Dewayne Johnson and his lawyers: https://www.facebook.com/abc7news/videos/10157005064847079/

    -> Learn More About Monsanto’s cover-up: https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/time-ban-monsantos-roundup-weedkiller-will-epa-act

  • Glyphosate found in Childhood Vaccines

    Glyphosate, a chemical ingredient found in Monsanto’s Roundup and hundreds of other herbicides, has been found in vaccines. Is glyphosate dangerous? Glyphosate is a known carcinogen that also disrupts many vital functions in the human body on the way to a disease state. California recently added glyphosate to its Prop 65 list of chemicals that are known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. There are currently over 4,000 plaintiffs involved in legal action within the US against Monsanto, alleging glyphosate has caused their cancers. 

    In August 2018, lawyers were finally able to show the jury the secret, internal Monsanto documents proving that Monsanto has known for decades that Roundup could cause cancer.” A San Francisco jury ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to an ex-school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company’s Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease. Monsanto was ordered to pay $250 in punitive damages (for engaging in intense evil and deception), plus another nearly $40 million actual damages. 

    If vaccines are so “safe,” there should be NO HESITATION in having them fully and wholly examined and tested. Yet, the FDA/CDC have not provided any documentation that they have tested nor will test vaccines for contamination of the carcinogen.

    According to MIT scientist, Dr. Stephanie Seneff, “Glyphosate could easily be present in vaccines due to the fact that certain vaccine viruses including measles in MMR and flu are grown on gelatin derived from the ligaments of pigs fed heavy doses of glyphosate in their GMO feed. Gelatin comes from collagen which has lots of glycine. Livestock feed is allowed to have up to 400 PPM [parts per million] of glyphosate residues by the EPA, thousands of times higher than has been shown to cause harm in numerous studies.” work compilation of MIT senior scientist Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D.

    Glyphosate is a cancer-causing toxin. We’re injecting, eating, drinking, breathing and bathing in it. Its no wonder that one in three adults will be diagnosed with cancer and one in 285 children will be diagnosed before their 20th birthday. 

    “The public must know that their vaccines likely contain glyphosate, a toxic weed killer, which is acknowledged by the EPA as a “reproductive effector” ( i.e.: endocrine disruptor) which “can cause liver and kidney damage” and has been shown to be a neurotoxin. The WHO has deemed glyphosate a probable carcinogen. We do not believe any state or government should have the right to mandate vaccines which contain harmful additives including a probable carcinogen such as glyphosate-based herbicides, especially to our most vulnerable babies. Certainly, no parent should have to knowingly inject directly into the bloodstream of their newborn, within hours of being born, or a growing child, with a probable carcinogen. No pregnant mother should ever be injected with a neurotoxin and endocrine disruptor. We are very concerned that the introduction of glyphosate in our food and feed crops, which correlates with the spike of reports of vaccine damage in the late 1990’s, could be a major contributing factor in the autism epidemic. This must be researched. Testing and reformulation must also be done. We will no longer settle for anything other than safe vaccines.“ – Zen Honeycutt Moms Across America

    Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s flagship herbicide Roundup and hundreds of other herbicides, has been found in vaccines. Moms Across America received preliminary screening results from Microbe Inotech Laboratories Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, which showed:

    • *MMR II (Merk) vaccine had 2.671 parts per billion (ppb) of glyphosate
    • *DTap Adacel (Sanofi Pasteur) vaccine had 0.123 ppb of glyphosate
    • *Influenza Fluvirin (Novaris) 0.331 ppb of glyphosate
    • *HepB Energix-B (Glaxo Smith Kline) 0.325 ppb of glyphosate
    • *Pneumonoccal Vax Polyvalent Pneumovax 23 (Merk) had 0.107 ppb of glyphosate

     Subsequently, additional independent tests  have confirmed these finding at or abovethe same levels.

    CLICK this link to see a complete copy of the press release, now TWO YEARS OLD, from the non-profit advocacy group, Moms Across America ….https://bit.ly/2ntJnyN. 

    We are now staring directly in the eyes of the polar opposite of informed consent, with the federal government purposely blocking us from knowing what’s in vaccines, while state governments are attempting to legislate away our right to decline them. If the FDA and/or the CDC confirmed the presence of glyphosate in vaccines, all current and future mandatory vaccination laws would go up in smoke instantly. Global agendas resting on the premise that vaccines are safe would end in the blink of an eye.Given the available information from several independent tests of vaccines for glyphosate, it is fair to say that anyone who is still pro-glyphosate or pro-vaccine, consciously or through ignorance, has sided with multinational profit-driven corporate control over life. – Jeffery Jaxen

    How do we turn this around? There is a desperate need for each individual to activate and take personal responsibility for their attention, thoughts, health, family, and life.

    Join Health Freedom Idaho as we magnify our voice for parental rights and informed consent.

    SIGN THE PETITION TO ELIMINATE GLYPHOSATE IDAHO

    GLYPHOSATE Resources:

    Glyphosate Herbicides Contain Toxic Levels of Arsenic 

    Glyphosate: Its inert ingredients are just as toxic

    Nampa commits to reduction of Glyphosate in Parks

    A good resource for a more extensive understanding of glyphosate’s effects on human health is the work compilation of MIT senior scientist Stephanie Seneff, Ph.D., who has for years been presenting perhaps the most thorough overview of what happens when glyphosate enters the body.

    Summary of Glyphosate: https://gmofreeusa.org/research/glyphosate/glyphosate-overview/

    Glyphosate in Vaccines: https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-vaccines-1999343362.html

    FDA testing of glyphosate in foods: https://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Pesticides/ucm2006797.htm

    Monsanto Court Case: https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/kennedy-monsanto-roundup-trial-witness-wrong

    Here’s a link to the opening statement for the Plaintiff by Brent Wisner of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman:
    Monsanto’s Round-up caused cancer for school grounds keeper

    “This case really is about choice. It’s about the right of every single person in this room to make a choice about what chemicals they expose themselves, their family or their children to…If you don’t warn, you don’t give someone the choice, and if someone gets hurt from that, or, God forbid, someone gets cancer, then I believe someone should be held responsible for that.”