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05/04/2018 / By Tracey Watson

FDA finds glyphosate weedkiller residues in nearly all grocery foods, but has spent years hiding test results from the public

The two decades between 1994 and 2014 saw global glyphosate use boom from just over 56 million kilograms (123 million pounds) to around 826 million kilograms per year. Glyphosate is the world’s most popular weed killer and is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup product. In the United States alone, farmers douse their wheat, oats, […]

03/19/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto are moving forward

Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto for personal injury and wrongful death are moving forward, after scientific analysis was heard in court, detailing Roundup’s carcinogenicity. Expert opinion on Roundup’s glyphosate toxicity could be allowed at trial against Monsanto, pending the judge’s final decision. The first trial in the Roundup litigation is set for June 18, 2018, in the Superior […]

02/22/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Monsanto attacks the IARC for labeling glyphosate a probable carcinogen – using the U.S. government as a weapon

U.S. Right to Know recently reported that even though 39 percent of all Americans will one day be diagnosed with cancer, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, government representatives are going out of their way to protect the manufacturers of a known cancer-causer: The glyphosate produced by agri-giant Monsanto. When the World Health Organization’s […]

12/19/2017 / By Ethan Huff

The Monsanto Papers: An analysis of key documents that outline the risk of cancer from glyphosate

Things aren’t going so well for the world’s most evil corporation as we approach the year 2018. In addition to constantly fighting against the public interest in order to conceal the presence of its products in the global food supply (what legitimate company has to do this just to stay in business?), agribusiness giant Monsanto […]

11/28/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Monsanto has gone to great lengths to keep documents secret during litigation; judge threatened sanctions

Monsanto has a lot to hide. Repeatedly named as the world’s most evil corporation and known for inspiring protests around the planet, their list of wrongdoings is lengthy and continues to grow. Therefore, it’s no surprise that they have a lot of documents that they’d like to keep out of the public eye, and new […]

10/19/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

EPA toxicologists classified glyphosate as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” as far back as the 80s — they’ve been manipulating “science” for decades

A 1983 Monsanto study analyzing glyphosate’s effects on rodents could serve as crucial evidence in a lawsuit filed against Monsanto on behalf of plaintiffs who allege exposure to its Roundup herbicide led them to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Environmental Health News reports that attorneys have enlisted the help of an expert pathologist to take a closer […]

10/10/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Monsanto continues to look for a way around California’s labeling of glyphosate as a probable carcinogen … but there is NO “safe level” of exposure

In a press release that quickly created shock waves throughout the agricultural community, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced in March 2015 that the herbicide glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer – was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Their conclusions were based on both human and […]

10/05/2017 / By Tracey Watson

The EPA intervened on Monsanto’s behalf, sabotaging another government agency’s safety review of glyphosate

Monsanto, the agrichemical company that produces genetically modified seeds and the herbicide Roundup, among others, has become known as the “world’s most evil corporation.” Their callous disregard for the welfare of humans and the environment certainly makes them deserving of this label. Now, imagine this scenario for a moment: The world’s most evil corporation as […]

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