Should Monsanto’s RoundUp Herbicide Be Banned? b4in.org/b7ud When RoundUp first came on the agricultural scene in 1974, sales took off immediately as its ability to annihilate previously troublesome weeds was a prized feature. But as the years passed, the Monsanto product has had unanticipated results. While the corporation claims it continues to be a “perfect fit with sustainable agriculture,” the notion that anything Monsanto does is good for the ecosystem is questionable at best. A study set to be published in the August 2014 volume of Chemosphere provides solid evidence that the herbicide simply needs to removed from circulation. As Sayer Ji reports over at GreenMedInfo, the study is simply another addition to a growing body of research detailing the current and potential damage RoundUp is capable of. The study indicates that the classic method of testing individual molecules for toxicity won’t work with RoundUp, that it is simply: “incapable of accurately estimating the global environmental and health risks of mixtures of agrochemicals like glyphosate (aka RoundUp) and its degradation byproduct AMPA, which are now ubiquitous environmental and food contaminants and much more harmful than previously believed.” More b4in.org/b7ud
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:26:23 +0000
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