All Discussions Tagged 'MONSANTO' - 12160 Social Network2024-03-28T11:35:30Zhttps://12160.info/forum/topic/listForTag?groupUrl=food-matters&tag=MONSANTO&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMONSANTO ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT NEW STUDY THAT PROVES YET AGAIN THAT GLYPHOSATE IS DANGEROUS EVEN AT LOW LEVELStag:12160.info,2018-07-21:2649739:Topic:17998822018-07-21T05:47:48.061ZCentral Scrutinizerhttps://12160.info/profile/H0llyw00d
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<p>An international team of experts has concluded, based on the results of a comprehensive new animal study, that glyphosate, the primary active ingredient in <a href="http://www.roundup.news/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Monsanto’s Roundup</a> herbicide, <a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/monsanto-dangerous-chemicals-2600.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">is highly toxic to humans</a> – even at the very low doses that both Monsanto and the Environmental…</p>
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<p>An international team of experts has concluded, based on the results of a comprehensive new animal study, that glyphosate, the primary active ingredient in <a href="http://www.roundup.news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monsanto’s Roundup</a> herbicide, <a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/monsanto-dangerous-chemicals-2600.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is highly toxic to humans</a> – even at the very low doses that both Monsanto and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claim are completely “safe.” Monsanto is trying to discredit the findings.</p>
<p>According to the research, exposure to relatively small doses of glyphosate directly interferes with normal sexual development. It also damages genes and disrupts the body’s delicate microbiome, which represents the community of beneficial bacteria that live inside the gut and help digest food, while also supporting a healthy and robust immune system.</p>
<p>Researchers administered to rats drinking water tainted with glyphosate at levels that the EPA has declared to be a “safe limit.” The team kept track of the rodents’ health from before their birth until their death – a well-designed format that allowed them to carefully study any potential adverse effects in a proper context.</p>
<p>After accounting for various outside factors that may have also influenced the rats’ health, the research team concluded that exposure to “safe” levels <a href="http://www.glyphosate.news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">of glyphosate</a> resulted in “significant and distinctive” changes to their internal bacterial compositions <i>while still in the womb</i>. The overall population of <i>Lactobacillus</i> in particular, a “friendly” bacteria, was significantly decreased in the rats as a result of glyphosate, while populations of “unfriendly” bacteria were observed to increase dramatically.</p>
<p>Interestingly enough, the glyphosate-exposed mothers did not appear to be affected in this way by the deadly chemical. But their offspring were, suggesting that the chemical poison inflicts harm in ways that are still poorly understood by science.</p>
<p>These findings, declared study co-author Dr. Daniele Mandrioli, a researcher at <a href="https://www.ramazzini.org/en/the-institute/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i>The Ramazzini Institute</i></a> in Bologna, Italy, are “quite remarkable” and “shouldn’t be happening” – at least if what Monsanto and America’s corrupt regulatory bodies insist is true about glyphosate.</p>
<p><strong>Glyphosate further found to SHRINK reproductive organs</strong></p>
<p>Also observed as part of the research were dramatic changes to the reproductive organs of the glyphosate-exposed rats. Not only did exposure to the chemical result in major irregularities in reproductive function, but the entire genital regions of the rats physically changed, in many cases, including reductions in the proximity between the rats’ anuses and genitals.</p>
<p>This is in addition to the serious disruption of sex hormones caused by glyphosate exposure – not to mention all the genotoxic changes that were observed in the form of genetic reprogramming of the rats’ normal genomes.</p>
<p>Not surprising is Monsanto’s denial of these findings. Scott Partridge, a Monsanto spokesman, reportedly told <i>The Guardian</i> that none of these discoveries are valid because the Ramazzini Institute is an “activist organization with an undisclosed agenda that exists as part of their crowdfunding efforts.”</p>
<p>In laymen’s terms, Partridge is basically claiming that because the Ramazzini Institute raises funding for its studies at the grassroots level that all of its research is automatically questionable at best. But this is akin to the pot calling the kettle black, seeing as how Monsanto’s entire legacy is based on <a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-07-12-monsanto-deliberately-sold-banned-chemicals-for-years-despite-knowing-their-health-risks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fake science</a>.</p>
<p>“Far from being an ‘activist organization,’ the Ramazzini Institute is devoted to evaluating and identifying carcinogenic risks and appraises the efficacy and safety of drug therapies and treatments to prevent the development of cancer,” explains <i>NaturalHealth365.com</i>.</p>
<p>“Monsanto’s ordinary strategy has been to try to discredit and disparage any institution that comes up with unflattering research – but this time, it wasn’t so easy.”</p>
<p>Be sure to check out <em><a href="https://www.poisonpapers.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PoisonPapers.org</a></em>, where you’ll find a 20,000-page archive of damning evidence against Monsanto and the chemical industry at large, revealing how the public has been lied to for many decades about the safety of Roundup and many other common chemicals.</p>
<p><b>Sources for this article include:</b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.naturalhealth365.com/monsanto-dangerous-chemicals-2600.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NaturalHealth365.com</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-07-12-monsanto-deliberately-sold-banned-chemicals-for-years-despite-knowing-their-health-risks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NaturalNews.com</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.poisonpapers.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PoisonPapers.org</a></p>
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<h2>SOURCE: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/22/monsanto-trial-cancer-weedkiller-roundup-dewayne-johnson" rel="noopener" target="_blank">THE GUARDIAN</a></h2>
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<p>At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But with cancer spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has just months to live. Now Johnson, a husband and father of three in …</p>
<h2>SOURCE: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/22/monsanto-trial-cancer-weedkiller-roundup-dewayne-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THE GUARDIAN</a></h2>
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<p>At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But with cancer spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has just months to live. Now Johnson, a husband and father of three in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>, hopes to survive long enough to make Monsanto take the blame for his fate.</p>
<p>On 18 June, Johnson will become the first person to take <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/monsanto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the global seed and chemical company</a> to trial on allegations that it has spent decades hiding the cancer-causing dangers of its popular Roundup herbicide products – and his case has just received a major boost. </p>
<p>Last week Judge Curtis Karnow <a href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Judges-order-in-Johnson-Case-ahead-of-trial.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued an order</a> clearing the way for jurors to consider not just scientific evidence related to what caused Johnson’s cancer, but allegations that Monsanto suppressed evidence of the risks of its weed killing products. Karnow<a href="https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Order-denying-continuance.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> ruled</a> that the trial will proceed and a jury would be allowed to consider possible punitive damages.</p>
<p>“The internal correspondence noted by Johnson could support a jury finding that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/monsanto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monsanto</a> has long been aware of the risk that its glyphosate-based herbicides are carcinogenic … but has continuously sought to influence the scientific literature to prevent its internal concerns from reaching the public sphere and to bolster its defenses in products liability actions,” Karnow wrote. “Thus there are triable issues of material fact.”</p>
<p><a href="https://webapps.sftc.org/ci/CaseInfo.dll?CaseNum=CGC16550128&SessionID=64E2B79FA6155D234442926517416A3F2C41CC58" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Johnson’s case</a>, filed in San Francisco county superior court in California, is at the forefront of a legal fight against Monsanto. Some 4,000 plaintiffs <a href="https://usrtk.org/pesticides/mdl-monsanto-glyphosate-cancer-case-key-documents-analysis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have sued</a> Monsanto alleging exposure to Roundup caused them, or their loved ones, to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Another case is scheduled for trial in October, in Monsanto’s home town of St Louis, Missouri.</p>
<h4><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/22/monsanto-trial-cancer-weedkiller-roundup-dewayne-johnson">READ MORE...</a></h4> POPULAR BEER AND WINE BRANDS CONTAMINATED WITH MONSANTO'S WEEDKILLER, TESTS REVEALtag:12160.info,2018-03-27:2649739:Topic:17653732018-03-27T22:24:34.007ZCentral Scrutinizerhttps://12160.info/profile/H0llyw00d
<h2>SOURCE:<span> </span><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-wine-beer-testing-2553632957.html">ECO WATCH</a></h2>
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<p>By Zen Honeycutt</p>
<p>The past few years have revealed some disturbing news for the alcohol industry. In 2015, CBS news broke the announcement of a lawsuit against 31 brands of wines for <a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/20/list-of-wines-cited-in-lawsuit-as-having-high-arsenic-levels/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">high levels of…</a></p>
<h2>SOURCE:<span> </span><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-wine-beer-testing-2553632957.html">ECO WATCH</a></h2>
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<p>By Zen Honeycutt</p>
<p>The past few years have revealed some disturbing news for the alcohol industry. In 2015, CBS news broke the announcement of a lawsuit against 31 brands of wines for <a href="https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/20/list-of-wines-cited-in-lawsuit-as-having-high-arsenic-levels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high levels of inorganic arsenic </a>. In 2016, beer testing in Germany also revealed residues of <a href="https://sustainablepulse.com/2016/02/25/german-beer-industry-in-shock-over-probable-carcinogen-glyphosate-contamination/#.WqmB_JPwYdU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">glyphosate in every single sample </a>tested, even independent beers.</p>
<p>Moms Across America released test results of 12 California wines that were all <a href="https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/glyphosate_contamination_in_wine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found to be positive for glyphosate </a>in 2016. We tested further and released <a href="https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/arsenic_in_wine_michelob_moves_to_organic_why_the_alcohol_industry_is_making_changes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new findings last week of glyphosate </a>in all of the most popular brands of wines in the world, the majority of which are from the U.S., and in batch test results in American beer.</p>
<hr/><p>What do these events all have in common? <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/monsanto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monsanto </a>'s Roundup.</p>
<p>French molecular biologist Gilles-Éric Séralini released <a href="https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/arsenic_and_heavy_metals_found_in_world_s_most_popular_weed_killer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shocking findings in January of 2018 </a>that of all the brands of wine they tested, over a dozen had high levels of arsenic—over five times the allowable limit along with dangerous levels of heavy metals.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/roundup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roundup </a>is commonly sprayed in vineyards to keep the rows looking tidy and free of so-called weeds and on grain crops (used in beer) as a drying agent just before harvest. <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/glyphosate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glyphosate </a>herbicides do not dry, wash or cook off, and they have been proven to be <a href="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/yesmaam/pages/680/attachments/original/1431795616/GLYPHOSATE_neurotoxicity_induced_by_glyphosate-based_herbicide_in_immature_rat_hippocampus_(1).pdf?1431795616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">neurotoxic </a>, <a href="https://www.ewg.org/agmag/2014/05/study-glyphosate-doubles-risk-lymphoma#.WaYL0pOGNmA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carcinogenic </a>, <a href="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/yesmaam/pages/680/attachments/original/1393210257/Carrasco_research_paper_Teratogenic_Effects.pdf?1393210257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endocrine disruptors </a>, and <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/srep39328" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a cause of liver disease </a>at very low levels.</p>
<p>The wine brands tested included Gallo, Beringer, Mondavi, Barefoot and Sutter Home. Beer brands tested included Budweiser, Busch, Coors, Michelob, Miller Lite, Sam Adams, Samuel Smith, Peak Organic and Sierra Nevada.</p>
<p>Some of the test results were at first confusing. One would expect the organic wines and beers, and the carefully crafted independent beer brands to be free of glyphosate, as the herbicides are not allowed or used in <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/organic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">organic </a>farming. Instead, it appears that they are contaminated. Previous testing did show that some organic wines were contaminated, and in this round, one of the organic brands was as low as 0.38 ppb, but conventional wines had glyphosate residues 61 times higher, at 23.30 ppb. Studies have shown only <a href="https://www.gmoevidence.com/dr-thongprakaisang-glyphosate-induces-growth-in-human-breast-cancer-cells/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1 part per trillion to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells </a>, so any amount is concerning.</p>
<p>Regarding beer, further testing would need to be done (we hope by the brands themselves), but it appears that the batch tests (equal amounts of multiple brands tested in one batch) of independent beer brands had higher levels: up to 13.60 ppb more than conventional beers. The organic batch tested at 2.57. Batch tests of large conventional brands such as Budweiser, Coors and Michelob showed 2.11 ppb collectively.</p>
<p>Inquiries into the big beer company manufacturing process revealed a possible explanation. Conventional beer producers tend to use cheaper ingredients which include rice, instead of barley, oats, rye and wheat, which are more expensive and tend to be used by independent and organic beer companies who prefer a richer flavor. Cheaper, hulled white rice is expected to have far lower levels of glyphosate residues than whole barley, oats and malt. If they are not organic, these are crops which are commonly sprayed with glyphosate as a drying agent just before harvest.</p>
<p>But one thing that is clear is that the beer and wine industries must—and in many cases are—moving away from Monsanto's Roundup in order to avoid contamination by this harmful chemical herbicide.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.winesandvines.com/columns/section/26/article/178258/The-Organic-Opportunity-Will-the-U.S.-Wine-Industry-Miss-Out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pam Strayer </a>of Viewpoint-Wines & Vines pointed out that, "In 2016, organic wine grew 11 percent by volume; imported organic wines grew 14 percent, double that of American organic producers at 7 percent."</p>
<p>"I haven't used Roundup since 1977," <a href="https://www.sonomanews.com/news/5641317-181/bold-fruity-with-a-hint?artslide=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said Phil Coturri, </a>the Sonoma vineyard manager who was recognized by the Golden Gate Salmon Association earlier this year for his environmentally sound viticulture. "You can't constantly use a product and think that it's not going to have an effect. Glyphosate is something that's made to kill."</p>
<p>More than 1,000 plaintiffs, most of them farmers, have <a href="https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-roundup-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed lawsuits against Monsanto, </a>a leading manufacturer of glyphosate, for Roundup exposure leading to non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.</p>
<p>Even big beer brands are seeing the benefit of organic. Anheuser-Busch <a href="https://fortune.com/2018/02/26/michelob-ultra-organic-ultra-pure-gold-new-beer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced last week that its brand Michelob </a>has launched a new beer made with organic wheat called Ultra Pure Gold.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.brewersassociation.org/educational-publications/managing-malting-barley-grains-supply-chain-quality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brewers Association </a>, which certifies small independent and craft beers, gave this statement regarding the new MAA glyphosate test results:</p>
<p>"Brewers do not want glyphosate used on barley or any raw brewing material, and the barley grower organizations have also come out strongly against glyphosate. It is clear that the malting and brewing industries are aligned in their opposition to the use of glyphosate on malting barley." </p>
<p>So how does glyphosate contaminate organic wines and beers? Drift, polluted irrigation water, soil, and through a new phenomena: <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/pesticides" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pesticide </a>rains. Glyphosate and other toxic chemical particles remain in evaporated water or <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ldr.2920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dust clouds</a>which form into rain and can contaminate vineyards and grain crops thousands of miles away.</p>
<p>In America, <a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/551998" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one out of two males and one out of three females </a>are expected to get cancer, <a href="https://www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-by-the-numbers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one out of five have mental illness </a>, many struggle with infertility, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/29/infertility-crisis-sperm-counts-halved" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sterility </a>and infant death, and our healthcare costs are crippling. Just last week, a new study revealed that maternal exposure to glyphosate showed significantly higher rates of <a href="https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0367-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortened gestation </a>. Prematurely born babies are at significant risk of infant death.</p>
<p>According to a Save the Children 2013 report, the U.S. has <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-has-highest-first-day-infant-mortality-out-of-industrialized-world-group-reports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 percent more infant deaths on day one of life </a>than all other developed countries combined. Could this be due to the widespread use, drift and contamination of pesticides and herbicides like Roundup? These studies may suggest so. If American policymakers want to lower healthcare costs, eliminating the use of glyphosate herbicides could be one reasonable step to take.</p>
<p>Concerned consumers who don't want to drink wine and beer contaminated with harmful chemical pesticides and herbicides such as glyphosate have a chance to be heard. The U.S. <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/epa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Protection Agency </a>is currently<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361-0066" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accepting comments until April 30, 2018 </a>, on the re-registration or denial of the license for glyphosate. Leave a comment, cite a scientific study found in this article, and protect grape growers and grain farmers, too. Then, when glyphosate is no longer used in farming, we can truly collectively say, "Cheers, to good health!"</p>
<p>Full results, brand names, and lab report links can be found <a href="https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/arsenic_in_wine_michelob_moves_to_organic_why_the_alcohol_industry_is_making_changes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here </a>.</p>
<h2>SOURCE:<span> </span><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-wine-beer-testing-2553632957.html">ECO WATCH</a></h2> FAKE ORGANIC LABELS ARE EASILY MAKING THEIR WAY INTO YOUR GROCERY STOREtag:12160.info,2017-05-22:2649739:Topic:16854392017-05-22T15:07:20.839ZCentral Scrutinizerhttps://12160.info/profile/H0llyw00d
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<p>[5/21/17] Despite evidence proving otherwise, people are still engrained to trust labels placed on their food items without giving as much as a second thought. Even those that strive to select the most natural and organic items can and probably have been fooled by mislabeling.</p>
<p>A recent example of this problem occurred in early March when a package of goldenberries bearing the USDA Organic seal spurred an investigation. According to the website …</p>
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<p>[5/21/17] Despite evidence proving otherwise, people are still engrained to trust labels placed on their food items without giving as much as a second thought. Even those that strive to select the most natural and organic items can and probably have been fooled by mislabeling.</p>
<p>A recent example of this problem occurred in early March when a package of goldenberries bearing the USDA Organic seal spurred an investigation. According to the website <a href="http://www.thepacker.com/news/usda-investigating-possible-fraudulent-labeling" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Packer</a>, Sam Welsh, CEO of an organic certification company OneCert, came across the berries in question and could tell something was wrong just by looking at them. “The problem with this product was obvious just by looking at the label, there was something not right,” Welsch said. “There was a USDA organic sticker on the product, but the rest of the label had no mention of organic and did not have an organic certifier identified.”</p>
<p><a href="http://govtslaves.info/fake-organic-labels-are-easily-making-their-way-into-your-grocery-store/" target="_blank">Pichuberry alleges that...</a></p>