Since 2015, when the World Health Organization confirmed that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is a probable human carcinogen, 140,000 glyphosate-exposed cancer victims suffering from non-Hodgkins lymphoma have filed lawsuits against Bayer which now owns Monsanto.
Bayer settled most Roundup claims against it in 2020 for up to $10.9 billion, but still faces close to 40,000 Roundup-related cases.
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is just one cancer caused by glyphosate contamination.
The Global Glyphosate Study has found that the most widely used weed killer in the world is likely to be a major cause of the massive rise in childhood leukemia.
This follows findings from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health that showed that childhood exposure to glyphosate is linked to liver inflammation and metabolic disorder in early adulthood, which could lead to liver cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease later in life.
At doses considered safe in the U.S., rats exposed to glyphosate show endocrine and reproductive toxicity. A study of mothers and newborns exposed to glyphosate during pregnancy confirmed that glyphosate is a sex-specific endocrine disruptor with androgenic effects in humans.
Glyphosate is toxic to the microbiome at doses that are currently considered safe in the European Union.
Glyphosate was found in 99 percent of pregnant Midwestern women. Higher maternal glyphosate levels in the first trimester were associated with lower birth weights and higher NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) admissions.
The good news is that glyphosate isn’t a forever chemical and it can be removed from the body.
Glyphosate drops 70 percent after six days on an organic diet.
Around the world legislators are taking action to protect their citizens.
Take Action: Make your state the first in the U.S. to ban Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller!
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Dear [STATE LEGISLATOR],
In 2015, a panel of 17 scientists at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), after reviewing the latest science on glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto (now Bayer)’s Roundup weedkiller, unanimously agreed to reclassify the chemical as a probable human carcinogen.
Since then, countries around the world and localities across the U.S. have banned the herbicide. Approximately 140,000 lawsuits have been filed by Roundup-exposed cancer victims in the U.S. alone. Judging by the first verdicts and awards, Bayer will eventually be forced to pay an estimated $16 billion in compensation and punitive damages.
The evidence that glyphosate is dangerously detrimental to human health is staggering:
-Increased rates of non-Hodgkin lymphoma were found in occupational exposure studies of workers who handled glyphosate in the US, Canada and Sweden.
-Cancers of the kidney, blood vessels, stomach and skin were observed in laboratory studies of rats and mice exposed to glyphosate.
-Our bodies absorb glyphosate. This is indicated by the fact that glyphosate is found in the blood and urine of not only agricultural workers but also people in urban areas who are exposed to glyphosate through the food they eat.
-Our intestinal microbes metabolize glyphosate just like soil microbes do. When people are poisoned by glyphosate, aminomethylphosphoric acid (AMPA), a metabolite of glyphosate that’s found in contaminated soil and water, is found in their blood.
-Glyphosate and Roundup induce DNA and chromosomal damage in mammals, and in human and animal cells in vitro.
-Glyphosate, Roundup and AMPA induce oxidative stress in rodents and in vitro.
It is none too soon for our state lawmakers to respect the independent science and to honor the suffering of those of us who have or will get cancer because of exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is just one cancer caused by glyphosate contamination.
The Global Glyphosate Study has found that the most widely used weed killer in the world is likely to be a major cause of the massive rise in childhood leukemia.
This follows findings from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health that showed that childhood exposure to glyphosate is linked to liver inflammation and metabolic disorder in early adulthood, which could lead to liver cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease later in life.
At doses considered safe in the U.S., rats exposed to glyphosate show endocrine and reproductive toxicity. A study of mothers and newborns exposed to glyphosate during pregnancy confirmed that glyphosate is a sex-specific endocrine disruptor with androgenic effects in humans.
Glyphosate was found in 99 percent of pregnant Midwestern women. Higher maternal glyphosate levels in the first trimester were associated with lower birth weights and higher NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) admissions.
Please ban glyphosate in our state!
Thank you,
[Your Name]