Active Ingredient in Roundup Herbicide Is Probably Carcinogenic

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Researchers have detected glyphosate, aka Roundup, in air, water, bread and breast milk samples. The herbicide is now classified as "probably carcinogenic."

Monsanto’s blockbuster herbicide glyphosate, brand name Roundup, has been classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Earlier this year, 17 cancer experts from 11 countries reviewed the evidence and unanimously came to this conclusion. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) called for the review.

Roundup is used on millions of acres around the world. In the United States, most farmers now grow genetically modified (GM) corn, soybeans, canola and sugar beets, which are sprayed with glyphosate to kill weeds. The health and environmental risks of this herbicide addiction are increasingly obvious:

• Research in 18 European countries found that 44 percent of tested city-dwellers had glyphosate residue in their urine.
• Testing of 35 urine samples from U.S. women found glyphosate levels 10 times higher than those in the European report. The testing, done by Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse, also found glyphosate in three of 10 samples of breast milk from U.S. women.
• Samples tested by the U.S. Geological Survey show that glyphosate contaminates air and water in agricultural areas.

  • Published on May 11, 2015
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