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eternalistic · 23 days

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“A Mexican standoff with the United States turned into a Mexican smack-down this month with the release of Mexico’s formal rebuttal to US efforts to overturn limits Mexico has ordered on the use of genetically modified (GM) corn and the weed killing chemical glyphosate.

In a 189-page report filed with a panel of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Mexico laid out in stark terms why it has ordered that GM corn not be used for tortillas and dough that people eat and why it has ordered its farmers to stop using glyphosate.

“Mexico has legitimate concerns about the safety and innocuousness of genetically modified corn… and its indissoluble relationship with its technological package that includes glyphosate,” the government’s report states. Mexico cites the “use of dangerous pesticides” as a factor causing “serious health effects.”

There is “clear scientific evidence of the harmful effects of direct consumption of GM corn grain in corn flour, dough, tortilla and related products,” Mexico states. More evidence is needed, Mexico says, to determine “whether and to what extent, such risks are transmitted to food products further downstream…”

The moves are for the “purpose of contributing to food security and sovereignty” and “the health of Mexican men and women”, the Mexican government said when announcing the moves.

The US has asserted that Mexico is not basing its decision on science and is violating agreements under the USMCA trade pact. The battle has intensified over the last year and in its latest response, Mexico didn’t just reject the US arguments, but laid out in detail a wealth of scientific research that backs its concerns.”

#glyphosate #gmo #corn #mexico #USA #United States #USMCA #roundup #pesticides #food #food security #genetically modified

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probablyasocialecologist · 1 year

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In 2015, a prestigious United Nations–affiliated health agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), designated glyphosate as “a probable carcinogen in humans,” and “found a particular association between glyphosate-based pesticides and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.” When the IARC issued its findings, the group’s credibility posed a significant public relations problem for Monsanto.

Monsanto’s denials that it knew about the potential dangers of glyphosate have been proven false by evidence that has come to light in recent years when public-interest litigators took the company to court and gained access to its internal communications.

Email communications from Monsanto staff revealed how the company launched a massive behind-the-scenes campaign to discredit the IARC and its allegations. Tipped off by the EPA before the IARC published its findings, Monsanto quickly began working on counter-messaging about the product’s classification as a likely carcinogen. The company’s chairman made public statements smearing the scientists as meddlesome activists peddling politically motivated “mischief” and “junk science.” The company planned to spend over $200,000 on a public relations campaign to discredit the IARC, working with agrochemical industry lobby groups to write letters to officials at the World Health Organization and regulatory agencies around the globe.

“Cozy” only begins to describe the relationship between Monsanto and the regulators. The company’s internal communications indicate that a telephone conversation took place between a Monsanto employee and an EPA scientist, Jess Rowland, during which Rowland told Monsanto that he would help to block a planned review of the evidence concerning glyphosate’s safety. Rowland was also asked by Monsanto if he would help the agency “correct the record” about the IARC study and was sent documents to guide the EPA’s responses to media inquiries.

Email communications also reveal how Monsanto’s chief of regulatory science, toxicologist William Heydens, explained to his colleagues how “ghost-writing” research articles for leading scientific journals works: they could pay nominally independent scientists to “have their names on the publication,” but Monsanto would actually be “doing the writing” and the authors “would just edit [and] sign their names, so to speak.” Heydens’ emails suggest that ghost-writing is not an atypical strategy for handling the company’s public relations concerns, and they go on to identify some prominent research papers that were written by Monsanto employees or affiliates. Notably, at least one ghost-written paper has been cited by the EPA as compelling evidence attesting to Roundup’s safety. This was but one of several ways the company corrupted science to defend its profits in disregard of public health.

#science #monsanto #glyphosate #agriculture #pesticides

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transparentgentlemenmarker · 7 months

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Le glyphosate sera encore utilisé pour les dix ans à venir à savoir 2033 une utopie d'y penser que ça sera la fin de la commercialisation. Grâce à la guerre en Ukraine l'Union européenne a confirmé que son usage est indispensable dans l'agriculture afin d'assurer le maintien des stocks alimentaires

September 21 2023

#glyphosate #guerre russie ukraine

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y0ur-maj3sty · 6 months

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#health #glyphosate #gmo #crops #farming

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lasseling · 26 days

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Moms Across America Tested New Children’s Cereal & Found Poisons Like Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Aluminum, Cadmium, 8 Different Pesticides (Some Known To Change Sex Hormones) & More

All this in 1 cereal box

Testing reveals ‘General Mills Trix Loaded Cereal’ is actually “loaded with heavy metals and pesticides” also contains “Artificial dyes, preservatives, chemicals” - We found arsenic and cadmium 200-400% higher than what the EPA allows in drinking water - We found aluminum levels to be 1,365% to 1,650% higher than what the EPA allows in drinking water - We found glyphosate levels 158 to 174 times higher than has been shown in animal studies to cause sex hormone changes and organ damage when animals ate 0.1 parts per billion of glyphosate for 2 years of the glyphosate herbicide, the the formulation. And we also found 8 different pesticides. One of them is an ingredient used in shampoo that kills lice, and the other one is a fungicide known to cause endocrine disruption and hormone disruption in humans and wildlife at very low levels. So, clearly, this is not a great way to start your day with toxic chemicals, and we call on General Mills to get to the source of why their cereal is so contaminated and to do things like test fertilizers because we think that's the source of the heavy metal contamination. This is a very serious issue because heavy metals can cause neurological damage and developmental disorders that can be lifelong. So this is very serious. We are in a national physical and mental health crisis in America, and we need manufacturers like General Mills who have the resources to actually do something about cleaning up their the food supply and the products that they offer.“

#Moms Across America #Children’s Cereal #Poisons #heavy metals #arsenic #aluminum #cadmium #pesticides #Change Sex Hormones #glyphosate #glyphosate herbicide #fungicide #general mills #fdacorruption #fda corruption #crimes against humanity #crimes against children

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lemondeabicyclette · 2 months

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Et on va nous faire croire que c'est différent au Québec ?

#pas dans mes tomates #atrazine #glyphosate #monsanto

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saywhat-politics · 2 years

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#glyphosate

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kp777 · 4 months

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'Groundbreaking' Legal Action Demands EPA Finally Ban Glyphosate

#glyphosate #roundup #herbicide #public health

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contac · 2 years

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#LABELED WEEDS #vhs #gif #herbicide #pesticide #1985 #bronco #monsanto #glyphosate #farming

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kramlabs · 2 years

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#monsanto #glyphosate #high animal low plant #mostly meat is what i eat

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theradicalscholar · 10 months

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🚫🍽️ Glyphosate in Children's Food: A Hidden Threat 😱🌾

New analysis reveals cancer-causing chemical found in popular cereals and snacks.

Most products exceed safe levels for kids. Take action for a healthier food system! 🌱💪

#ToxicFood #TakeAction #Glyphosate #healthy food #healthy #healthy eating #nutrition #farming #agriculture #soil #ecology #farms #farmers #cheerios #cereal #snacks #toxic chemicals #chemicals #cancer

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bumblebeeappletree · 2 years

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Just a few companies control half of the world’s commercial seeds. They dictate what farmers grow and how – and what ends up on our plates. How did we get into this food mess? And is there a way out of it?

Reporter: Tatiana Kondratenko

Camera: Serdar Vardar

Video Editor: Markus Mörtz

Supervising Editors: Joanna Gottschalk & Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

#PlanetA #Agriculture #FoodSecurity