Study: 100 percent of Oat Cereals Tested Positive for Residues of Glyphosate, the Active Ingredient in Roundup that Causes Terminal Cancerherbicide
A second round of tests commissioned by EWG, published on October 24, 2018, found the glyphosate in every sample of popular oat-based cereal and other oat-based food marketed to children that we tested. See the new results here. Popular oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars come with a hefty dose of the weed-killing poison in Roundup, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by EWG. Glyphosate, ...
The Creator of GMO Potatoes Reveals The Dangerous Truth in an Exclusive Interview
Activists and concerned citizens have for years been ringing the alarm bells over genetically modified (GM) foods taking over our food supply. There are several critical concerns surrounding this issue. We do not yet know what the long-term health effects will be of mass consumption of GM products. We know that they have in some cases been linked to the development of cancer. Production of GM ...
Cheerios Weedkiller Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against General Mills Over Glyphosate Ingredient
General Mills is facing a potentially damaging class action lawsuit in the U.S. after a Florida woman accused it of engaging in deceptive business practices, by not alerting the public that their Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereals contain the known carcinogen and the world’s most used weedkilller – glyphosate. This new class action follows the landmark cancer trial verdict in San Francisco very closely, in which Monsanto was ordered ...
The FDA Responds to FOIA Requests Regarding Glyphosate Residue Testing
The Food and Drug Administration has responded to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for information regarding its efforts to start testing food samples for residues of glyphosate as well as some other herbicides, including 2,4-D. Many of those documents can be accessed below: FDA FOIA 2017-7005 FDA FOIA 2017-7005 part 2 FDA Final Responsive Records (2017-7005) Part 3 (Redacted) FDA FOIA 2017-7005 attachments CFSAN Responsive ...
Shocking Study Shows Glyphosate Herbicides Contain Toxic Levels of Arsenic
A shocking new study published in Toxicology Reports has shown that the current regulatory assessments of the world’s most used herbicides are wrong, with ingredients such as arsenic being regularly found in Glyphosate based herbicides (such as Monsanto's Roundup) and other pesticides at toxic levels. Glyphosate’s toxicity is currently being debated at an international level by regulatory and health authorities, but other formulants in Glyphosate-based herbicides ...
Agent Orange still linked to Hormone Imbalances in Babies in Vietnam
(Science Daily) Exposure to Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War has been linked to increased levels of certain hormones in women and their breastfeeding children decades later, potentially putting them at higher risk of health problems, according to a new study in Science of the Total Environment. Previous research has shown a link between exposure to herbicides that contain chemicals called dioxins -- such as ...
The Poison Papers: Watchdog Groups Release 20,000 Docs Exposing Decades of Collusion between Industry and Regulators over Hazardous Pesticides
The “Poison Papers” represent a vast trove of rediscovered chemical industry and regulatory agency documents and correspondence stretching back to the 1920s. Taken as a whole, the papers show that both industry and regulators understood the extraordinary toxicity of many chemical products and worked together to conceal this information from the public and the press. These papers will transform our understanding of the hazards posed by certain chemicals ...
Big Ag Companies Ordered to Stop Aerial Spraying Thanks to Ragtag Group of Oregon Locals
The people who wrote an ordinance banning the aerial spraying of pesticides in western Oregon last year aren’t professional environmental advocates. Their group, Lincoln County Community Rights, has no letterhead, business cards, or paid staff. Its handful of core members includes the owner of a small business that installs solar panels, a semi-retired Spanish translator, an organic farmer who raises llamas, and a self-described caretaker and ...
Tribunal Court Finds Monsanto Guilty of Ecocide, Human Rights Violations, and Actively Blocking Scientific Research that Reflects Badly on GMO’s
The legal findings of a civil society trial on whether Monsanto is guilty of ecocide, subsequently fostering human rights abuses, were delivered in the Hague on April 18, 2017. Initial hearings of the international tribunal occurred on October 15 and 16 in 2016 at the Institute of Social Studies, ISS. Over the following months, five internationally renowned judges heard 30 witnesses and experts from five continents ...
Pesticide Manufacturers’ own Tests Reveal Serious Harm to Honeybees
Unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers show their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels, leading to calls from senior scientists for the companies to end the secrecy which cloaks much of their research. The research, conducted by Syngenta and Bayer on their neonicotinoid insecticides, were submitted to the US Environmental Protection Agency and obtained by Greenpeace after a freedom of information request. Neonicotinoids ...
