Glyphosate and Pesticide Hazards

New study finds glyphosate causes disease across several generations

Washington State University researchers have found a variety of diseases and other health problems in the second- and third-generation offspring of rats exposed to glyphosate, the world’s most popular weed killer and main ingredient in Roundup herbicide. In the first study of its kind, the researchers saw descendants of exposed rats developing prostate, kidney and […]

Beginning of the end for Roundup?

Groundskeeper who used weedkiller and developed cancer awarded $289 million in landmark ruling against Monsanto; 8,000 similar lawsuits against company slated to go to court

Toxic legacy: new science reveals generational harm of pesticides

Epigenetics shows how pesticide damage to DNA can be “programmed” into future generations

Farmers switched to organic after pesticides made them or their families sick

Avoiding toxic pesticides, seeing fathers get cancer or die, and protecting their children are big motivations for farmers to switch to organic

Why are farmers spraying glyphosate on their crops right before harvest?

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup herbicide, is increasingly being found in cereals, baby foods, ice cream, honey, beer, wine, and other food products. One reason for this increasing and insidious presence of glyphosate is due to pre-harvest crop desiccation, the practice of applying the weed-killer toward the end of the growing season, to kill […]