We have been talking,
sharing and writing about RoundUp’s active ingredient, glyphosate, for several
years. So what is the latest on RoundUp and glyphosate-based herbicides? Is
glyphosate use diminishing? Are we finding less of it in our water, soil and
food? There are some good, bad and ugly things happening with glyphosate and we
want to continue to keep you up-to-date and informed until we get this poison
banned.
I believe glyphosate is greatly responsible for the
declining health in this country and there is so much evidence to prove this.
Good News
The first Roundup cancer trial resulted in a jury verdict of
$289 million in damages against Monsanto, though a judge later lowered that to
$78 million. The second such trial ended last month with a jury verdict of
$80.2 million against Monsanto. The third trial is now underway. There are over
11,000 people suing Monsanto alleging glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup
cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and Monsanto has hidden the risks and manipulated
the scientific record. These victories have created an onslaught of bad news
for Monsanto, now Bayer, and has caused Bayer’s stock to go down and raised
more questions about the safety of this herbicide. To find out more about
lawsuits against Monsanto, you can go to Consumer Safety.
After the news of the latest trial, Vietnam acts to ban the
cancer-causing herbicide. They are not unfamiliar with Monsanto’s tactics of
covering up the evidence about its products like they did with Agent Orange and
are making this bold move to ban glyphosate’s use in their country.
Several cities are banning or have restrictive use of
glyphosate near parks, schools and playgrounds and that list is growing! To
find out more about how you can get RoundUp banned in your city, go here. The
City of Portland’s pesticide ordinance that bans synthetic pesticides use on
lawns, gardens, landscaped areas, patios, sidewalks, driveways, parks and playing
fields has gone into effect. Only organic treatments can be used to beat back
weeds and insects such as grubs. Now that is some great news!!
Thirty nine (39) countries worldwide have officially banned
the cultivation of GM crops and only 28 actually grow GM crops (most of which
grow under 500 thousand hectares). The picture painted by the Biotech industry
and the U.S. government that GM crops and their associated herbicide,
glyphosate, have been accepted by the majority of countries worldwide is
therefore not true!
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