Posts Tagged ‘ birth defects ’

Monsanto and Big Tobacco knowingly poisoned Argentinian workers; caused birth defects

By Iulia Filip Courthouse News Service Monsanto, Philip Morris and other U.S. tobacco giants knowingly poisoned Argentinean tobacco farmers with pesticides, causing “devastating birth defects” in their children, dozens of workers claim in court. The farmers, on their own behalf and for their injured children, sued Altria Group fka Philip Morris Cos., Philip Morris...

Are Boys Turning in to Girls Because of Synthetic Chemicals?

By Dak Veracity Voice Cases of accelerated puberty in young girls and the “transgender” phenomenon are occurring with increasing frequency. Recently we are seeing accelerated puberty in young girls, alarming increase in men with extremely low sperm counts and transgender phenomenon growing at alarming pace. Endocrinologists have found out that endocrine disruptor found in common synthetic chemicals like DES, dioxin, PCBs, DDT,...

Agrochemicals, energy plants and GMO crops killing Bathinda residents

By Rady Ananda Home to two coal power plants, a fertilizer plant, and a large oil refinery, the city of Bathinda in Punjab, India is making people sick. Forty percent of the population (nearly 90,000 people) suffers from respiratory ailments. The area also suffers from a host of other diseases including cancer, at a rate triple that of...

Monsanto responds to glyphosate-birth defects report: Earth Open Source replies

By Earth Open Source Monsanto responded to our report, “Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?” in a statement on its website: “Regulatory authorities and independent experts around the world agree that glyphosate does not cause adverse reproductive effects in adult animals or birth defects in offspring...

Flashback: When Cocaine and Monsanto’s Roundup Collide, War on Drugs Becomes a Genetically Modified War on Science

By Meg White Buzzflash August 31, 2009 At the intersection of cocaine and Roundup in rural South America, Monsanto and the U.S. government are struggling to keep up appearances. That’s becoming more and more difficult as the unanticipated hazards of genetic modification become clearer. Coca plants appear to be either evolving on their own...

Regulators knew Roundup causes birth defects: Lied to public

UPDATE: Monsanto responds to glyphosate-birth defects report: Earth Open Source replies By Earth Open Source Industry and EU regulators knew as long ago as the 1980s-1990s that Roundup, the world’s best selling herbicide, causes birth defects – but they failed to inform the public. This is the conclusion of a new report, “Roundup and...

Agrochemicals kill boy in Paraguay, explode watermelons in China

By Rady Ananda Telegraph UK reports on Paraguay’s continuing battle to diminish the use of agrochemicals, highlighting the death of an 11-year-old who was doused by a crop duster and died shortly thereafter. Then, the paper promotes the Round Table on Responsible Soy, when, in fact, RTRS promotes the expansion of genetically modified crops...

Eco-food groups launch counteroffensive to ‘responsible (GM) soy’ campaign

By ToxicSoy.org Greenwash: GM toxic soy is not ‘responsible’ Big Ag and their investors are launching a new logo to try to convince consumers that industrial monoculture (and mostly genetically modified) soy can be responsible. We know better than to fall for their greenwash.