Tag: carcinogenic

  • Second Jury Finds Monsanto Glyphosate Causes Cancer

    A second U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused cancer. The case was only the second of some 11,200 Roundup lawsuits to go to trial in the United States. The jury from the first trial eight months ago issued a $289 million verdict. Johnson vs Monsanto.  

    The previous 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.  (see internal documents from Monsanto revealed during court proceedings)

    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.

    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.

    Glyphosate has been found in VACCINES: (5) vaccines were sent out for testing and came back positive for #glyphosate 

    #influenza shot for FLU 

    #MMR. Combo shot for Measles, Mumps, Rubella

    #TDap. Combo shot for Tetanus, Diphtheria, & Pertussis 

    #HepB. For Hepatitis B

    #Pneumococcal for pneumonia

    New Study Shows Link between herbicide and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

    The noose is tightening on Bayer/Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicide (commonly sold as  Roundup), as yet another epidemiological study has found a link between exposure to the herbicide and a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma called diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). See the abstract and key points below.

    This study is published as the jurors in the Roundup cancer litigation in the US are deliberating their verdict.

    Pesticide use and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoid malignancies in agricultural cohorts from France, Norway and the USA: a pooled analysis from the AGRICOH consortium
    https://academic.oup.com/ije/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ije/dyz017/5382278

    Contaminated Foods

    There is NO level of safe glyphosate -Because glyphosate has been shown to bioaccumulate, and has been shown in the parts per trillion, to increase the growth of breast cancer cells, regardless of what the EPA and Monsanto say is NO safe level. http://www.stopsprayingnb.ca/resources/42.pdf

    GOOD NEWS

    Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation March 15, 2019 to dramatically limit American children’s exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, in food. The bill would not only ban pre-harvest spraying of glyphosate on oats but also require the federal government to test foods popular with children for the herbicide, which has been linked to cancer.

    Key provisions in DeLauro’s bill include:

    • Prohibiting the spraying of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent on oats.
    • Lowering by 300-fold the permissible level of glyphosate residues on oats, restoring the legally allowed level to just 0.1 parts per million, or ppm.
    • Requiring the Department of Agriculture to regularly test fruits, vegetables and other foods routinely fed to infants and children for glyphosate residues

    Read more on this legislation at Sustainablepulse.com

    MORE RESEARCH RESOURCES:

    Why we must detox from Glyphosate

    Organic Foods Contaminated with Glyphosate

    Petition against Glyphosate :Glyphosate use poses a significant threat to the health of our planet and the people on it..it’s high time that the EPA prohibits the pre-harvest use of glyphosate on every farm across the country”https://buff.ly/2ybW4Dm

    RoundUp Toxicity is NOT just the Glyphosate

  • 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