Tag: glyphosate

Glyphosate may soon be off European shelves permanently.

Glyphosate-containing herbicides are sold under trademarks such as Monsanto’s Roundup.

Glyphosate, the most widely used agricultural herbicide in the world, is at the center of major global controversy.

Monsanto has vehemently denied cancer claims of its blockbuster product and has demanded a retraction of the IARC report.

Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir have published two new interactive maps showing where glyphosate is being sprayed in California’s Bay Area and Portland.

Glyphosate has been linked to increases in levels of breast, thyroid, kidney, pancreatic, liver and bladder cancers and is being served for breakfast, lunch and dinner around the world.

Monsanto maintains that their product is safe, and that the recent arguments over glyphosate or purely “political.”

Besides the potential contamination of local maize varieties, the groups argued that the health risks of introducing GMO maize into Nigeria could be “enormous” considering that maize is a staple food in their diet.

This move by France and their EU partners will hit the biotech giant Monsanto and other large pesticide companies which rely on glyphosate-based herbicides for a large percentage of their global profits.

While the pre-harvest use of glyphosate may account for a small amount of overall use of the herbicide, this still has a huge impact.