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1. GM firms: (Category); ... fifth largest agrochemical company. That is why around 80% of GM seeds have been engineered to be resistant to weed killers (herbicides). Monsantoâ€™s main GM product is crops resistant to glyphosate (the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Glyphosate ...: (Category); Created on 17 May 2017
3. EPA efforts to slow glyphosate review came in coordination with Monsanto ...: (2019); ... review that a unit tied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was conducting on glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s branded Roundup herbicide products. The details revealed in ...; Created on 17 April 2019
4. UC professors weigh in on glyphosate (AKA Roundup) and carcinogenicity ...: (2019); Former EPA advisor "outraged" by agency's failure to follow own guidelines in carcinogenicity assessment of glyphosate EXCERPT: Dr. Zhang, along with two of her co-authors on the Mutation Research pape ...; Created on 16 April 2019
5. ATSDR report confirms glyphosate cancer risks ...: (2019); ... on the ATSDR report on glyphosate that GMWatch featured yesterday. --- ATSDR report confirms glyphosate cancer risks Jennifer Sass NRDC, April 11, 2019 https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/atsdr-report-confirms-glyphosate-cancer-risk ...; Created on 12 April 2019
6. Links to cancer shown in US federal draft report on glyphosate ...: (2019); Report that alleged Monsanto collaborator at the EPA tried to "kill" is finally published A draft US federal report has confirmed links between glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller ...; Created on 10 April 2019
7. Concern over use of glyphosate in South Africa ...: (2019); Only country where population’s staple diet - maize - is GM and sprayed with glyphosate EXCERPT: [Spier Wine Estate farmer Angus McIntosh said:] “When South Africa first began farming with genetically ...; Created on 08 April 2019
8. Roundup causes kidney toxicity but glyphosate does not ...: (2019); Another study shows that glyphosate-based herbicide formulations, such as Roundup, are far more toxic than the isolated "active ingredient" glyphosate An important study in rats compared the toxicit ...; Created on 07 April 2019
9. Concerns over glyphosate pass from human health to the soil ...: (2019); Experts say the weedkiller’s impact on soil health represents a serious threat to Europe’s long-term food security Below is a superb article that focuses on the destructive effects of glyphosate herbicides ...; Created on 04 April 2019
10. Monsanto exec reveals $17 million budget for anti-IARC, pro-glyphosate efforts ...: (2019); ... would appear more credible coming from entities separate from Monsanto. --- Monsanto exec reveals $17 million budget for anti-IARC, pro-glyphosate efforts US Right to Know, March 27, 2019 https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tracker/monsanto-executive-reveals-17-million-for-anti-iarc-pro-glyphosate-efforts/ ...; Created on 27 March 2019
11. Vietnam bans import of glyphosate herbicides after US cancer trial verdict ...: (2019); Glyphosate set to be removed from list of pesticides allowed to be used in Vietnam in near future Here's good news following the recent jury verdict in the US Roundup-cancer litigation. --- Vietna ...; Created on 25 March 2019
12. Glyphosate found in 98 percent of Canadian honey samples ...: (2019); Study is the latest evidence that glyphosate herbicides are so pervasive that residues can be found in foods not produced by farmers using glyphosate EXCERPT: Many scientists do not agree that MRLs ...; Created on 22 March 2019
13. Bayer may face $5 bn in legal costs over glyphosate claims / Homebase dumps glyphosate ...: (2019); ... legal exposure. 1. Why is Roundup such a big target for litigation? It contains the weed-killing chemical glyphosate, which has become widely used by commercial farmers and home gardeners. Over more ...; Created on 22 March 2019
14. What’s next in court for Bayer regarding glyphosate claims / Homebase dumps glyphosate ...: (2019); Bayer may face $5 billion in legal costs and plaintiff payouts as a result of its Monsanto acquisition; meanwhile DIY store takes glyphosate products off shelves 1. What’s next in court for Bayer toxic ...; Created on 22 March 2019
15. Early exposure to pesticides – including glyphosate – linked to increased risk of autism ...: (2019); Findings support efforts to prevent exposure to pesticides during pregnancy to protect a child's developing brain Exposure to common agricultural pesticides, including glyphosate, before birth an ...; Created on 21 March 2019
16. New study shows cancer link to glyphosate herbicides ...: (2019); Study is published as jurors deliberate in the US Roundup cancer litigation The noose is tightening on Bayer/Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide (commonly sold as Roundup), as yet another epidemiologica ...; Created on 19 March 2019
17. New US bill aims to limit children’s exposure to glyphosate herbicides ...: (2019); Bill would ban pre-harvest spraying of glyphosate on oats and require government to test foods popular with children for the herbicide The press release announcing this proposed bill is here: https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-introduces-keep-food-safe-glyphosate-act ...; Created on 18 March 2019
18. Study links Parkinson's disease and glyphosate herbicide exposure ...: (2019); People living within 1 km of an area that had been sprayed with glyphosate were nearly one-third more likely to die from Parkinson’s disease before the age of 75 We first reported on this study in ...; Created on 13 March 2019
19. Court documents reveal Monsanto's efforts to fight glyphosate's "severe stigma" ...: (2019); ... t [glyphosate] as a probable human carcinogen is they paid … money to Intertek to do a quote independent scientific review and that has been published in five … different articles," says Brent Wisner, Johnso ...; Created on 12 March 2019
20. Global Glyphosate Study pilot phase shows reproductive and developmental effects at "safe" dose ...: (2019); Crowdfunding campaign launched for long-term study A new study(1) has found that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), including Roundup, caused reproductive and developmental effects ...; Created on 12 March 2019

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