In 2015, the World Health Organization confirmed that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, is a probable human carcinogen, based on strong evidence linking it to non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Since then, 140,000 glyphosate-exposed cancer victims have filed lawsuits against Bayer. The company is expected to pay $16 billion in jury awards and settlements by the time all the cases have been adjudicated.
Cancer is just one risk of glyphosate contamination.
Recent research from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health shows 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.
Glyphosate was found in 99 percent of pregnant Midwestern women tested by the Indiana University School of Medicine between 2013 and 2016. 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 [Member of Congress],
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.
Cancer is just one risk of glyphosate contamination.
Recent research from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health shows 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.
Glyphosate was found in 99 percent of pregnant Midwestern women tested by the Indiana University School of Medicine between 2013 and 2016. 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]