The Truth About Glyphosate
In 2015, the World Health Organization confirmed that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is a probable human carcinogen, based on strong evidence linking it to non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Since then, 140,000 glyphosate-exposed cancer victims have filed lawsuits against Bayer. The company is expected to pay $16 billion in jury awards and settlements by the time all the cases have been adjudicated.
Cancer is just one risk of glyphosate contamination.
Recent research from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health shows that childhood exposure to glyphosate is linked to liver inflammation and metabolic disorder in early adulthood, which could lead to liver cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease later in life.
Glyphosate was found in 99 percent of pregnant Midwestern women tested by the Indiana University School of Medicine between 2013 and 2016. Higher maternal glyphosate levels in the first trimester were associated with lower birth weights and higher NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) admissions.
The good news is that glyphosate isn’t a forever chemical and it can be removed from the body.
Glyphosate drops 70 percent after six days on an organic diet.
Around the world legislators are taking action to protect their citizens.
Take Action: Make your state the first in the U.S. to ban Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller!
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Read Current Issue — April 25, 2024
Newsletter #848: How Are Your Organic Blueberries Grown?
In This Issue:
- Are Your Blueberries REAL Organic?
- Growing Organic Blueberries Right
- How To Eat 30 Plants a Week To Boost Gut Health
- Small-Scale Farmers Can Harness Regenerative Agriculture to Lead the Way to a Food-Secure Future
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- What’s Safe To Eat? Here Is the Pesticide Risk Level for Each Fruit and Vegetable
- Plenty of Food for Everyone
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- What Lives in Your Gut?
- Free Speech 4 Health
- Other Essential Reading and Videos for the Week
Recommended Resources:
- The Glyphosate Effect: How the World’s Most Common Herbicide Is Undermining Your Health and What You Can Do About It by Stephanie Seneff (PDF)
- PDFs From The U.S. Congressional Hearing on Glyphosate, June 14, 2016.
- Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate is Destroying Our Health and the Environment by Stephanie Seneff (PDF)
- Glyphosate: An Overlooked Factor in Chronic Disease by Stephanie Seneff (PDF)
- Report: Kids on the Frontline from Pesticide Action Network (PDF)
