{"id":91372,"date":"2019-05-02T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=91372"},"modified":"2019-05-02T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T17:27:00","slug":"organic-bytes-622-farting-cows-factory-farms-and-climate-crisis-we-need-green-new-deal-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/organic-bytes-622-farting-cows-factory-farms-and-climate-crisis-we-need-green-new-deal-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Officially Ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, April 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/newsreleases\/epa-takes-next-step-review-process-herbicide-glyphosate-reaffirms-no-risk-public-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made it official:<\/a> The agency plans to ignore what&nbsp;scientists say about <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/news\/glyphosate-fact-sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glyphosate<\/a>. It\u2019s full speed ahead with the approval process.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA doesn\u2019t care that a panel of 17 scientists at the World Health Organization\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) unanimously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iarc.fr\/featured-news\/media-centre-iarc-news-glyphosate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concurred<\/a> that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The EPA doesn\u2019t care that thousands of people who used <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/campaigns\/millions-against-monsanto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monsanto\u2019s<\/a> (now Bayer\u2019s) <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/news\/monsantos-roundup-enough-make-you-sick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roundup weedkiller<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/monsanto-papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suing<\/a> the company (and so far<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablepulse.com\/2019\/03\/28\/us-jury-awards-80-million-in-damages-in-second-glyphosate-cancer-case\/#.XJwTHZgzZPY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> winning<\/a>), because they believe that&nbsp;the product caused their cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The EPA doesn\u2019t care about the one new study <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/newsletter\/organic-bytes-621-have-you-signed-petition-yet\/sickening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after another<\/a> linking glyphosate to cancer, or liver, or kidney disease&#8211;in not just people directly exposed, but also in their <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablepulse.com\/2019\/04\/23\/glyphosate-causes-serious-multi-generational-damage-to-rats-new-wsu-research\/#.XL9sKegzZPY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">future offspring<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nope, the EPA doesn\u2019t even care that, despite Monsanto\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/usrtk.org\/pesticides\/read-the-emails-texts-that-show-epa-efforts-to-slow-atsdr-glyphosate-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best efforts to kill it,<\/a> &nbsp;U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), released its long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/robot_worm_apple_750x500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Toxicological Profile for Glyphosate<\/a>\u2014which supports and strengthens the 2015 IARC \u201cprobable carcinogen\u201d decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s official. The EPA plans to ignore you, your health and&nbsp;the health of our common environment, to keep Roundup weedkiller on the market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can we get Congress to care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/10024\/action\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress: Ban Monsanto-Bayer\u2019s Cancer-Causing Roundup Weedkiller!<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/donate.organicconsumers.org\/page\/5911\/donate\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make a tax-deductible donation to OCA\u2019s Millions Against Monsanto campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, April 30, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made it official: The agency plans to ignore what&nbsp;scientists say about glyphosate. It\u2019s full speed ahead with the approval process. 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