Tag: monsanto
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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…
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Monsanto Glyphosate Medical Implications
Glyphosate herbicide, more commonly known as Roundup, is the world’s most commonly used herbicide. It is sprayed on everything from homeowner’s lawns to gigantic fields of “Roundup-Ready” genetically modified crops. Though ubiquitous, many research studies suggest that this weed-killing chemical is far from benign. This article originally appeared at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5f19QGvds&t=80s. Learn How to DETOX from…
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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…
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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…
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How a courageous woman took on the chemical industry and raised important questions about humankind’s impact on nature.
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which in 1962 exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT, eloquently questioned humanity’s faith in technological progress and helped set the stage for the environmental movement. Carson, a renowned nature author and a former marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or FWS, was uniquely equipped to create so…
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Action Alert: Tell the EPA “NO” more 2,4-D and glyphosate
ACTION ALERT! Add your name to the petition here. Excerpt of the proposal from the Center for Food Safety: The EPA is proposing a dramatic expansion of the use of the toxic pesticide Enlist Duo. Enlist Duo is a mixture of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup®) and the even more toxic 2,4-D (part…
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Aspartame now being marketed as natural sweetener, name changed to ‘AminoSweet’
The world’s most toxic artificial sweetener is undergoing a major identity overhaul in an effort by its manufacturer to cover up the chemical’s sordid history, as well as to keep people buying it. “AminoSweet,” in case you see it on food labels, is really just plain-old aspartame, the same synthetic sweetening agent that’s repeatedly been…