Monsanto’s Roundup Creates Resistant ‘Super-Weeds’, Devastates FarmersAugust 1st, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Claims by biotech giant Monsanto that its glyphosate-based pesticide, Roundup, can improve crop yields and lessen the strain of fighting weeds for farmers may now be a liability after a recent study published in the current issue of Weed Science finds that a number of weed species are showing resistance to Roundup. Read More:Monsanto’s Roundup Creates Resistant ‘Super-Weeds’, Devastates FarmersMonsanto’s Roundup Pesticide Link to Birth Defects Hidden from PublicJune 8th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
In a recently released report by an international group of scientists funded by Earth Open Source, the team of researchers conclude that as far back as the 1980s, regulators knew that exposure to the glyphosate-based pesticide commonly marketed as Monsanto’s Roundup causes birth defects. Read More:Monsanto’s Roundup Pesticide Link to Birth Defects Hidden from Public |
