Tag: Health consequences of Roundup
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Monsanto, RoundUp and Junk Science
By Michael Hansen, Ph.D • Senior Scientist with Consumers Union Last weekend demonstrators joined a March Against Monsanto in some 428 cities in 38 countries, including more than 240 cities in the U.S. alone. What exactly has so many people riled up? Monsanto, of course, is an agrichemical and biotech giant, responsible for more than…
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Monsanto’s Roundup. Enough to Make You Sick.
By Alexis Baden-Mayer • Originally posted on Organic Consumers Association Monsanto invented the herbicide glyphosate and brought it to market under the trade name Roundup in 1974, after DDT was banned. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the use of Roundup surged, thanks to Monsanto’s ingenious marketing strategy. The strategy? Genetically engineer seeds to grow…
