Posted October 23, 2020
The California Supreme Court will not review a California man’s trial win over Monsanto, dealing another blow to Monsanto’s German owner, Bayer AG. The decision to deny a review in the case of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson marks the latest in a string of court losses for Bayer as it tries to complete settlements with close to 100,000 plaintiffs who each claim they or their loved ones developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from exposure to Roundup and other Monsanto weed killers. Juries in each of three trials held to date have found not only that the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer but also that Monsanto spent decades hiding the risks. Read more.
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Carcinogenic Glyphosate Banned in Mexico, But Still ‘Safe’ in US
Posted October 23, 2020
When will the US EPA ban this poison? Action Alert! Mexico recently joined a host of other countries in phasing out the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the world’s most popular herbicide, Roundup. The US Environmental Protection Agency, however, has remained committed to protecting Big Ag and keeping glyphosate on the market; similar government cronyism from Congress and the USDA has allowed Big Food to hide the GMO content of food. These are two more examples of the government undermining our health—we must push back. Read more.
Percy Schmeiser, farmer known for fight against Monsanto, dead at 89
Posted October 16, 2020
Percy Schmeiser, whose name became synonymous with the legal fight against patent rights centred around Monsanto’s genetically modified canola, has died…The Saskatchewan farmer became famous in the late 1990s after agrochemical giant Monsanto took him to court. The company had found its genetically modified canola in Schmeiser’s field, but he had never paid for the right to grow it. Read more.
Bayer’s Monsanto Headache Persists
Posted October 9, 2020
The migraine that is Monsanto doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon for Bayer AG. Efforts at settling the mass of lawsuits brought in the United States by tens of thousands of people who claim Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides gave them cancer continue to inch forward, but are not addressing all outstanding cases, nor are all plaintiffs offered settlements agreeing to them. Read more.
In Arkansas, Backlash Against Dicamba Pesticide Regulation Gets Personal
Posted September 25, 2020
Here’s a shocking story about the latest developments in the dicamba wars in the US. Dicamba is a drift-prone herbicide that is intended to be sprayed on GM dicamba-tolerant crops – but certain states have restricted the herbicide due to its tendency to drift off-target and kill non-dicamba-tolerant crops and other plants. This has infuriated some farmers who want to use dicamba. Read more.
Largest US Retailers Reject GM Salmon Head of Potential First US Sales
Posted September 4, 2020
Top grocery retailers Walmart, Costco, Albertsons, Kroger, Ahold, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Hy-Vee, Sprouts, Giant Eagle, Meijer and Target have affirmed their commitment to not sell genetically engineered AquAdvantage® salmon ahead of AquaBounty Technologies planned first-ever harvest and commercial sales in the US, planned for this fall. Read more.
Federal Judge Poised to Deny Approval of GMO Salmon
Posted September 4, 2020
Unimpressed with the environmental assessment the Food and Drug Association used to approve a new breed of genetically modified salmon destined for the American dinner table, a federal judge looked poised Tuesday to rule in favor of environmental groups afraid of its potential to blunt wild salmon populations. Read more.
Study Confirms GM Roundup Ready Crops to Blame for Monarch Butterfly Decline
Posted September 4, 2020
The decline in the eastern North American population of the monarch butterfly population since the late 1990s has been attributed to the loss of milkweed during the summer breeding season and the consequent reduction in the size of the summer population that migrates to central Mexico to overwinter (milkweed limitation hypothesis). Read more.
Florida Mosquitoes: 750 Million GM Insects to be Released
Posted September 3, 2020
Local officials in Florida have approved the release of 750 million mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to reduce local populations. The aim is to reduce the number of mosquitoes that carry diseases like dengue or the Zika virus. The green-lighting of a pilot project after years of debate drew a swift outcry from environmental groups, who warned of unintended consequences. Read more.
Glyphosate levels in children and adults drop dramatically after one week of eating organic
Posted August 14, 2020
A peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Research found that levels of the pesticide glyphosate in participants’ bodies dropped an average of 70% after six days on an organic diet. The study is the first to examine how an organic diet affects exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG’s weedkiller Roundup®, the most widely used pesticide worldwide. It also indicates that for the general population, the food they eat is a primary way they are exposed to this pesticide. Read more.
