Chicago Financial Times By Hal Weitzman Monsanto, the world’s biggest seedmaker by revenue, is being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission over its use of cash to persuade distributors to use its herbicides. The US company provides cash incentives to distributors to buy Roundup glyphosate, the world’s leading herbicide, and Roundup Ready seeds. Its… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: A California Supreme Court judge has tentatively ruled that Roundup will require a cancer warning label in California stores. The formal ruling is due soon. Roundup is not allowed for use in organic agriculture. California clears hurdle for cancer warning label on Roundup Associated Press by Scott Smith Source: Mike Mozart California can… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: Despite Monsanto’s continuing objections, California regulators will add glyphosate to the state’s list of chemicals known to cause cancer. The company will have one year from the date of listing to either label their products, such as Roundup, as carcinogens or remove them from shelves. Monsanto has indicated it will pursue further legal challenges…. Read more »

Beyond Pesticides Under the terms of an agreement reached lasted month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will begin studying the effects of four commonly used herbicides on the health of 1,500 endangered species in the United States. Based on the terms of the settlement, the result of a series of lawsuits launched by… Read more »

Cornucopia’s Take: The European Food Safety Authority has taken the counsel of an EPA official embroiled in over 20 lawsuits allegedly linked to Monsanto, and has now dismissed a study linking Monsanto’s glyphosate to health issues in mice. We will continue to monitor this story as it unfolds. EU declared Monsanto weedkiller safe after intervention… Read more »

Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen by Leah Zerbe Credit: Jakub Kolář Pesky weeds popping up in your yard? Here’s what to not reach for—Roundup. While glyphosate, the active ingredient in America’s favorite weedkiller, Roundup, has been marketed as “safe” and even “biodegradable,” the science is pouring in, and, well, the results are gross. 1. You’re eating it—in “excessive”… Read more »

The Permaculture Research Institute by Dr Mae-Wan Ho A steep decline in human male sperm count concomitant with rise in testicular germ cell cancer, congenital malformations of the male reproductive tract and drop in serum testosterone levels, all pointing towards increasing exposure to glyphosate/Roundup herbicides during the past decades, now corroborated by lab findings. A fully… Read more »

Farmer’s Weekly Interactive by Louise Impey Weed resistance to glyphosate has increased fivefold since 2007 and is developing at a rate of one new weed species each year, William Reville of University College Cork told delegates at CropWorld. Ten weed species in the USA are now resistant to Roundup, he revealed, with a further 10… Read more »

The Intercept by Sharon Lerner Source: Mike Mozart John Sanders worked in the orange and grapefruit groves in Redlands, California, for more than 30 years. First as a ranch hand, then as a farm worker, he was responsible for keeping the weeds around the citrus trees in check. Roundup, the Monsanto weed killer, was his weapon… Read more »