Roundup

Petition Calls for Investigating Collusion Between Monsanto & EPA

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A new petition calls on the federal government to investigate collusion between Monsanto and the EPA on keeping Roundup on the shelf despite health risks.

EarthTalk

Conventional Agriculture: Far From A Green Revolution

Georgina Guiney agriculture, EPA, farm, farming, fields, glysophate, Green Revolution, health, herbicides, Local Harvest, organic, pesticides, Roundup, spraying, standards, WholeFoods, workers

You call this a revolution? Spraying fields with synthetic chemicals to keep pests down is no way to take care of the planet and its inhabitants’ health.

EarthTalk

Peanut Allergy Rise Worries Environmentalists

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Do scientists think there’s a big environmental component to the huge rise in peanut allergy cases in the U.S. and beyond in recent years?

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Endocrine Disruptors: Why So Bad?

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We can reduce the amount of endocrine disruptors we ingest by buying organic produce, avoiding processed foods & drinking filtered water…

Eating Right

Monsanto’s Superweed, the Ancient Superfood

Ian Graber-Stiehl Amaranth, antibiotic resistance, crops, huauhtli, pigweed, Roundup, superweed, weed

“The superweeds are coming! The superweeds are coming!” This has been the environmental community’s adamant cry ever since international agribusiness decided to throw our crops into a clingy, interdependent relationship with Roundup. Well, we might need a less outdated banner, because that particular winter isn’t coming, it’s here. After sustaining agriculture with a steady drip […]

EarthTalk

Does Monsanto’s Roundup cause cancer or not?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer agriculture, cancer, cancerous, carcinogen, Center for Biological Diversity, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, garden, gardening, herbicide, IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer, landscaping, lawn, Monsanto, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, pesticide, Roundup

Dear EarthTalk: My neighbor uses Roundup in her yard routinely and tells me it’s harmless to people and pets, but I’ve heard that it is carcinogenic. Can you set the record straight? —Maise Alexander, New Hope, PA Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides contain three key components: the […]