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Post by clone on Feb 17, 2011 22:16:05 GMT -8
Monsanto's Glyphosate: Impacts on Human Health and Plant Life Scientist Warns of Dire Consequences with Widespread Use Global Research, December 10, 2010 The December/January 2010 issue of The Organic & Non-GMO Report featured an interview with Robert Kremer, an adjunct professor in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri, whose research showed negative environmental impacts caused by glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, which is used extensively with Roundup Ready genetically modified crops. The following interview is with another scientist, Don Huber, who recently retired from Purdue University, who has also documented negative environmental impacts from glyphosate. To Subscribe to the Non-GMO Report call 1-800-854-0586 or visit www.non-gmoreport.com/The widespread use of glyphosate is causing negative impacts on soil and plants as well as possibly animal and human health. These are key findings of Don Huber, emeritus professor of plant pathology, Purdue University. Compromise agricultural sustainability, animal and human health In a paper published in the European Journal of Agronomy in October 2009, Huber and co-author G.S. Johal, from Purdue's department of botany and plant pathology, state that the widespread use of glyphosate that we see today in agriculture in the United States can "significantly increase the severity of various plant diseases, impair plant defense to pathogens and diseases, and immobilize soil and plant nutrients rendering them unavailable for plant use." Further, the authors state that glyphosate stimulates the growth of fungi and enhances the virulence of pathogens such as Fusarium and "can have serious consequences for sustainable production of a wide range of susceptible crops." The authors warn "ignoring potential non-target detrimental side effects of any chemical, especially used as heavily as glyphosate, may have dire consequences for agriculture such as rendering soils infertile, crops non-productive, and plants less nutritious. To do otherwise might well compromise not only agricultural sustainability, but also the health and well-being of animals and humans." www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22354
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Post by eugenia on May 30, 2011 22:56:36 GMT -8
May-28-2011 21:30 Children of the Corn: GMOs Don't Qualify As Food Antibodies from women with a rare condition known as immune infertility are used in the creation of GMO food.GMO cornIf GMOs are highly associated with infertility and spontaneous abortions in animals, is a similar rate of infertility (20%) occurring in people and are there increases in spontaneous abortion? (LONDON) - There has been a concerted national effort by citizens to have the US government label GMOs. Opposing it are government intent not only to keep them unlabeled in the US but efforts at the international level by the US government to remove all labeling of GMOs through Codex. The problem is that Codex applies to food, and GMOs don't qualify. William Engdahl wrote in March of 2010 about a USDA funded project to create a GM corn that sterilizes people. GMO, glyphosate and population reductionOne long-standing project of the US Government has been to perfect a genetically-modified variety of corn, the diet staple in Mexico and many other Latin American countries. The corn has been field tested in tests financed by the US Department of Agriculture along with a small California bio-tech company named Epicyte. Announcing his success at a 2001 press conference, the president of Epicyte, Mitch Hein, pointing to his GMO corn plants, announced, “We have a hothouse filled with corn plants that make anti-sperm antibodies.” 14 www.salem-news.com/articles/may282011/gmo-not-food-cs.php
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Post by clone on Jun 8, 2011 22:07:28 GMT -8
Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Problems, New Report Finds Updated: 06/ 8/11 11:45 PM ET The report, "Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?" found regulators knew as long ago as 1980 that glyphosate, the chemical on which Roundup is based, can cause birth defects in laboratory animals. But despite such warnings, and although the European Commission has known that glyphosate causes malformations since at least 2002, the information was not made public. www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/07/roundup-birth-defects-herbicide-regulators_n_872862.html
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Post by feed the whirled on Aug 20, 2011 18:42:41 GMT -8
USDA Scientist: Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide Damages Soil Fri Aug. 19, 2011 Meanwhile, at a conference in Boulder, Colorado, in early August, another mainstream ag expert raised serious concerns about the poison, according to an account in Boulder Weekly. Iowa-based consultant Michael McNeill, who has a Ph.D. in quantitative genetics and plant pathology from Iowa State University, advises large-scale corn and soy farmers on weed control and soil fertility. He's observing trends in the field that are consistent with Kremer's research. Here's Boulder Weekly: McNeill explains that glyphosate is a chelating agent, which means it clamps onto molecules that are valuable to a plant, like iron, calcium, manganese, and zinc.…The farmers' increased use of Roundup is actually harming their crops, according to McNeill, because it is killing micronutrients in the soil that they need, a development that has been documented in several scientific papers by the nation's leading experts in the field. For example, he says, harmful fungi and parasites like fusarium, phytopthora and pythium are on the rise as a result of the poison, while beneficial fungi and other organisms that help plants reduce minerals to a usable state are on the decline. He explains that the overuse of glyphosate means that oxidizing agents are on the rise, creating oxides that plants can't use, leading to lower yields and higher susceptibility to disease.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/08/monsantos-roundup-herbicide-soil-damage#disqus_thread
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Post by clone on Aug 31, 2011 20:38:33 GMT -8
Immediate release (31 Aug 2011) It’s Official: Glyphosate used on GM crops found in US rivers, rainfall Monitoring by the US Geological Survey (USGS) has revealed that glyphosate and its breakdown product Aminomethylphosphonic acid (known as AMPA) are frequently found in rainfall and rivers in the Mississippi Basin, where most GM crops tolerant to glyphosate are grown. [1] www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/165/
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worse than DDT argentina
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Post by worse than DDT argentina on Dec 25, 2011 13:06:08 GMT -8
Please watch this documentary from Argentina on the dangers of glyphosate. The video, in two parts below, is in Spanish with English subtitles. If the subtitles do not appear automatically, start the video first, then click the arrow on the bottom right and select "Turn on captions." Then, click "Take Action" to send a letter to the EPA that contains links to scientific research that is leading experts to believe glyphosate is even more dangerous than DDT. The poison of the pampas - El veneno de las pampas Englisch Subtitles Deutsche Untertitel Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?&v=IlJXjs9PyJc* goldmine today in Argentina is soya * in the long run, today's method of producing soya will lead to, and remember this, a catastrophe. For people and the environment. * cancer, birth deformities [images] * 'we all get sprayed here' * doctor: a nightmare for public health * transgenic seeds * documentary: La soja del hambre (Arte, Marie Monique Robert) * el mundo segun monsanto * 'they said it was a virus' * 'it is not biodegradable or harmless, as the company has always claimed (MS: 'It destroys weeds from the roots to the leaves, without contaminating the soil' - 'It makes killing weeds fun.') * In France and the United States, MS was found guilty of lying in its adverts ('I see trees of green - imagine a world that preserves nature, the air and the rivers. - I think to myself, what a wonderful world.') * Studies in France show that the main herbicide now found in rivers is Roundup, a country with far less GM soya than in Argentina * it affects the endocrine system which means it affects reproduction (sterility, miscarriages) *"This whole area used to produce milk and vegetables were grown here. But none of that is left.' * doctor: 'It's not agriculture. It's not for food, it's for export. It causes disease.' * Petitions to communal authorities end up filed away or lost. * MS has lied about other products: Agent Orange, PCB, Dioxin The poison of the pampas - El veneno de las pampas Englisch Subtitles Deutsche Untertitel Part 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=isBqWF3bOi4* Ituzaingo Anexo lies on the outskirts of Cordoba. Over 200 of the 5000 people living there have cancer * chemicals are causing 100 babies each year with deformities * frog and chicken embryos injected with glyphosate: the structures of the heads are completely different (Andrés Carrasco, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Embryology at the University of Buenos Aires Medical School and member of Argentina’s National Council of Scientific and Technical Research) * an organized mob violently attacked people who gathered to hear Carrasco talk about his research in the town of La Leonesa, Chaco province * soy products, and children with breasts, eating Roundup burgers
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Post by worse than DDT argentina on Dec 25, 2011 13:24:41 GMT -8
Revealed: the glyphosate research the GM soy lobby doesn't want you to read 24th November, 2010 Andres Carrasco's research linking a controversial herbicide with birth defects highlighted the potential health dangers posed by GM crop-spraying in Argentina – and led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study In August 2010, community activists and residents gathered in La Leonesa, an agricultural town in Argentina, to hear a talk by Professor Andres Carrasco, lead embryologist at the University of Buenos Aires Medical School and the Argentinean national research council. Carrasco was due to speak about his research, which found that glyphosate, an agrochemical used on genetically modified soy and rice in Argentina, causes birth defects in animal embryos at levels far below those frequently used in agricultural spraying. A delegation of public officials and residents from the nearby community of Resistencia also came to La Leonesa to hear the talk. But the talk never took place. As the delegation headed for the school where it was to be held, it was attacked by a violent mob of approximately 100 people. Three people were seriously injured. Carrasco and a colleague shut themselves in a car and were surrounded by people beating the vehicle for two hours. Witnesses believe that a local rice producer and officials had organised the attack to protect agribusiness interests. As the police seemed reluctant to intervene, Amnesty International subsequently called for an independent investigation. Glyphosate has been linked with escalating rates of birth defects and other health impacts in Argentina. Photo: Dr Graciela GomezMore: www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/686959/revealed_the_glyphosate_research_the_gm_soy_lobby_doesnt_want_you_to_read.html
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Post by clone on Dec 27, 2011 2:36:14 GMT -8
The EPA is currently conducting a "Registration Review" of glyphosate, Monsanto's herbicide "RoundUp", which its "RoundUp Ready" crops are genetically engineered to tolerate. The EPA will be gathering data through the summer of 2012 and making a final decision no earlier than 2015. www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob308.htm
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Post by POEA on Dec 31, 2011 8:53:04 GMT -8
Health Canada ordered to examine impact of Monsanto’s Roundup on amphibians Monday, November 21, 2011 VANCOUVER - The Honourable Mr. Justice Kelen of the Federal Court of Canada has ordered Health Canada to take a second look at the impacts on amphibians of Glyphosate-based pesticides – one of the most widely-used pesticides in Canada, which includes products like Monsanto’s Roundup®. The decision, the result of an action brought by Smithers-based pesticide-activist and French-trained Paediatrician, Josette Wier, demonstrates that Health Canada must address requests by the public for a review of the safety of a pesticide where there is scientific uncertainty about its risks. “Understanding the impact of pesticides on frogs and other amphibians is critical to understanding their impacts on the broader ecosystem,” explained Wier. “There are many recent studies showing that Round-up and many other Glyphosate-based pesticides contain an ingredient known as POEA that is toxic to amphibians and perhaps also to humans and human embryos, but Health Canada refused to initiate a formal review of the safety of these pesticides.” wcel.org/media-centre/media-releases/health-canada-ordered-examine-impact-monsanto%E2%80%99s-roundup-amphibians
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Post by clone on Feb 22, 2012 9:15:23 GMT -8
Sunday, February 19, 2012 New Research: GMO Food Far Worse Than We ThinkDisturbing new research published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology indicates that genetically modified (GM) crops with "stacked traits" -- that is, with multiple traits such as glyphosate-herbicide resistance and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insecticidal toxins engineered together into the same plant, are likely far more dangerous to human health than previously believed, due to their synergistic toxicity. www.activistpost.com/2012/02/new-research-gmo-food-far-worse-than-we.html
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Post by colonic on Feb 22, 2012 9:28:57 GMT -8
Monsanto Found Guilty of False Advertising Monday, 10 October 2011 15:10 Earlier this week, Monsanto was found guilty by France’s highest court of false advertising, for claims that Roundup, its toxic weed killer, is biodegradable and leaves “the soil clean.” Environmental and consumer rights campaigners brought the French case in 2001, shortly after Monsanto announced its new ethics “Pledge.” The advocates noted that glyphosate, Roundup’s main ingredient, is classified in Europe as “dangerous for the environment” and “toxic for aquatic organisms.” ... Glyphosate has been linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and human embryonic cell death. Far from “biodegradable,” Monsanto’s own studies found residues of glyphosate on food crops up to five months after the chemical was sprayed, and the World Health Organization found “significant residues” of glyphosate after pre-harvest use of the chemical on wheat. This September, the advocacy group Beyond Pesticides and 32 other groups and individuals called on EPA to withdraw approval of glyphosate, citing the growing evidence of health and environmental risks from the pesticide. The French and New York false advertising cases are far from unique for Monsanto. In 1999, the British Advertising Standards Authority found the company lied about safety testing and environmental benefits in ads about its genetically modified (GMO) crops. The company’s history of using fakery, dirty tricks, bogus public relations campaigns, and outright lies is too lengthy to fully outline here. But a few examples are worth noting: Two labs conducting glyphosate safety studies for Monsanto were cited for “routine falsification of data” and other offenses. One lab study claimed it used “specimens from the uteri of male rabbits….” more: coupmedia.org/toxins/monsanto-found-guilty-of-false-advertising-1010
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Post by dow 2 4d on Feb 22, 2012 9:32:40 GMT -8
USDA To Seek More Comments On New Dow Biotech Corn Published February 21, 2012 The U.S. Department of Agriculture will extend by two months its public comment period for a new genetically modified corn by Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) that is opposed by environmental groups. Officials with the Center for Food Safety, one of the groups opposing the new corn trait that would give plants tolerance to the herbicide 2,4-D, said the USDA planned to file the extension Wednesday. Dow's subsidiary, Dow AgroSciences, has touted the trait as part of its Enlist weed-control system. It has developed the system as seed producers and farmers seek alternatives to glyphosate, a herbicide that is losing its effectiveness against weeds in the southern U.S. and, increasingly, the Midwest. Weed resistance to glyphosate has been a growing issue for Monsanto Co. (MON), which developed a genetically modified corn that withstands glyphosate and markets it under the Roundup Ready brand. But environmental groups have argued that 2,4-D, an older herbicide more widely used before glyphosate became popular, is much more toxic. The resurgence of 2,4-D might be a temporary solution to weed resistance, but it causes more environmental damage, said Bill Freese, science policy analyst for the Center for Food Safety. He noted that researchers have also found weeds already developing resistance to 2,4-D. www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/02/21/usda-to-seek-more-comments-on-new-dow-biotech-corn/
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Post by milkweed on Feb 29, 2012 8:41:46 GMT -8
GM crops decimating monarch butterflies habitat Published: July 21, 2011 Twelve years ago, a study found that genetically modified Bt corn was lethal to monarch butterflies; recent research shows that another type of GM crop is even more damaging to the beloved insect... A recently published study says that increasing acreage of GM Roundup Ready (RR) corn and soybeans is a major cause for declining populations of monarch butterflies in North America. The paper, published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity, says that increased use of glyphosate herbicide with RR GM crops in the Midwest is killing milkweed plants, which monarchs rely on for habitat and food. Chip Taylor, an insect ecologist at the University of Kansas and co-author of the paper, told the New York Times, “This milkweed has disappeared from at least 100 million acres of these row crops. Your milkweed is virtually gone.” Roundup/glyphosate: “Biodiversity Armageddon”The amount of glyphosate herbicide used by US farmers has exploded. In 2007, as much as 185 million pounds of glyphosate was used, double the amount used in 2001, and five times as much as in 1997. Recent studies have documented many negative impacts of glyphosate including malformations and birth defects in animals, cancer, genetic damage, endocrine disruption, and other serious effects, often at very low doses. “It kills everything. It’s biodiversity Armageddon,” says Brower. Taylor, Brower, and the paper’s other authors state, “We conclude that, because of the extensive use of glyphosate herbicide on crops that are genetically modified to resist the herbicide, milkweeds will disappear almost completely from croplands.” “Biotech companies mislead the public”Milkweed’s disappearance has also been documented by Robert Hartzler, an agronomist at Iowa State University, who found that the plant’s presence in Iowa’s corn and soybean fields has plunged 90% from 1999 to 2009. Hartzler also says that glyphosate has contributed to milkweed’s decline. www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/july2011/GMcropsmonarchbutterflieshabitat.php
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Post by milkweed on Apr 15, 2012 7:01:07 GMT -8
Monsanto's Roundup Ravaging Butterfly Populations, Study Shows Friday, 09 March 2012 03:26 Monsanto’s Roundup, containing the active ingredient glyphosate, has been tied to more health and environmental problems than you could imagine. Similar to how pesticides have been contributing to the bee decline, Monsanto’s Roundup has been tied to the decrease in the population of monarch butterflies by killing the very plants that the butterflies rely on for habitat and food. What’s been shown to be an even greater threat to the population, though, is Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn and soybeans. truth-out.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=71653. Three factors appear to have contributed to reduce monarch abundance: degradation of the forest in the overwintering areas; the loss of breeding habitat in the United States due to the expansion of GM herbicide-resistant crops, with consequent loss of milkweed host plants, as well as continued land development; and severe weather. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00142.x/abstract
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Post by clone on May 5, 2012 9:27:39 GMT -8
98 reasons not to use glyphosate on seed fields Posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 2:05 pm In case you doubt what you have read or heard, here are 98 reasons why you shouldn’t use glyphosate on a seed crop. The picture below shows the affect of glyphosate on field peas. This sample had a germination score of 2%. 98% were abnormal. More importantly, if you performed a “home germination test” and saw results like this, you might think that seed was good. Wrong! All of the seed pictured at right are abnormal. Abnormal seedlings will not produce a viable, productive plant because they are lacking essential plant parts. www.farmandranchguide.com/feature/seed_guide/reasons-not-to-use-glyphosate-on-seed-fields-don-t/article_251fb80a-2046-11e1-b01a-001871e3ce6c.html?mode=story--> We have seen numerous examples in many crops including wheat, durum, flax, lentils and field peas.
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