Just Label It, News Roundup 12-1

In an attempt to save glyphosate, Monsanto has undertaken an effort to destroy the United Nations’ cancer agency by any means possible. A two-part investigation from Le Monde called “The Monsanto Papers” was released this week. If you’re trying to get pregnant and raise healthy children, recent science suggests you should consider switching to an organic diet and voting out politicians who put the pesticide industry in charge of our nation’s health laws. Defying a lawsuit from the seed and pesticide giant, Arkansas put its foot down and moved to ban Monsanto’s herbicide dicamba. Also in the news, a new book “Whitewash” by Carey Gillam, reveals “strategic deception” about the safety of the weedkiller Roundup. A recent update of a very large study of diseases of pesticide applicators identified a possible association between glyphosate use and acute myeloid leukemia. The increased risk of AML was over 2-fold higher in highest exposed applicators compared with the never exposed applicators. Meanwhile, the EU has voted to reauthorize the pesticide, glyphosate, ending a bitterly fought battle that saw 1.3 million people sign a petition calling for a ban. In Mexico, Monsanto said that the national agriculture sanitation authority SENASICA had revoked its permit to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states. And in Florida, South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard, asked city landscapers this year to begin using organic fertilizers and herbicides. Scientists sounded the alarm bells over the chemical cocktail in our food supply. As the number of chemicals applied to vegetables sold in supermarkets goes up 17-fold, pesticides must be phased out of food production.

The Monsanto Papers, Part 1 — Operation: Intoxication

In order to save glyphosate, the Monsanto corporation has undertaken an effort to destroy the United Nations’ cancer agency by any means possible. Here is the part one of an investigation from Le Monde.

The Monsanto Papers, Part 2 — Reaping a bitter harvest

They had promised it was “safer than table salt” – but that was in the advertisements. Read part two of an investigation from Le Monde.

Trying to get pregnant? Science suggests: eat organic and regulate the pesticide industry.

If you’re trying to get pregnant and raise healthy children, recent science suggests you should consider switching to an organic diet and voting out politicians who put the pesticide industry in charge of our nation’s health laws.

Arkansas Moves to Ban Monsanto’s Blockbuster Herbicide.

Defying a lawsuit from the seed and pesticide giant, Arkansas put its foot down.

Whitewash book reveals “strategic deception” about the safety of Roundup weed-killer.

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is the most widely used herbicide in the U.S. with more than 300 million pounds sprayed every year, mostly with Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetically modified crops. Despite Monsanto’s claims of safety, there have been growing concerns about negative health and environmental impacts of glyphosate, backed by a mounting body of published research.

US Agricultural Health Study Links Glyphosate to Leukemia.

A recent update of a very large study of diseases of pesticide applicators identified a possible association between glyphosate use and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The study called the Agricultural Health Study (AHS), “found some evidence of a possible association between glyphosate use and AML,” warning that “Given the prevalence of use of this herbicide worldwide, expeditious efforts to replicate these findings are warranted” (italics added for emphasis). The increased risk of AML was over 2-fold higher in highest exposed applicators compared with the never exposed applicators.

This Florida mayor takes his city organic with greener weedkiller and fertilizer.

South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard, at the Jean Willis Park in 2016, asked city landscapers this year to begin using organic fertilizers and herbicides.

Mexico Revokes Monsanto’s Permit to Market GMO Soy in the Seven States:

Monsanto Co said on Thursday that Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority SENASICA had revoked its permit to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states, criticizing the decision as unjustified.

Controversial glyphosate weedkiller wins new five-year lease in Europe.

EU votes to reauthorize the pesticide, ending a bitterly fought battle that saw 1.3 million people sign a petition calling for a ban

Scientists warn of toxic chemical cocktail sprayed on food. 

As the number of chemicals applied to vegetables sold in supermarkets goes up 17-fold, experts say pesticides must be phased out of food production.