Industry and regulators covered up Roundup/birth defect link for decades

The pesticide industry knew from its own studies (including one by Monsanto) as long ago as the 1980s—and EU regulators knew since the 1990s—that the best-selling herbicide Roundup causes birth defects. A new report by international scientists now exposes the 30-year cover-up, including efforts as recent as last year by the German government's consumer protection office to rebut a 2010 study showing Roundup causes birth defects in frogs and chickens at tiny doses. The study was prompted by reports of high rates of birth defects and cancers in areas of South America growing GM Roundup Ready soy, which is sprayed with high doses of the herbicide. Read a lengthy article on this in the Huffington Post, a summary in The Ecologist, or the full report "Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?" Monsanto responded to the report, but the report's authors pick apart the company's statements, showing how they are unsupported and unscientific.

Monsanto can't have it both ways. It either is safe, or it is not. Judging from reputable testing done so far roundup is not safe. Plus NO ONE KNOWS what this product will do in the environment in years to come. Or how it will affect animal, and the human population.  Some genetic products take decades before they show all of their ugly face.  because many have been eating this product without knowing.  It is just a matter of time before all hell breaks loose.