GM food and toxic herbicides
GM crops that resist herbicides are bringing ever higher levels of
toxic chemical residues to our food, even mothers' milk, writes Pat
Thomas. As the 'endocrine disrupting' effects take place at minute
concentrations, there is only one answer - to keep the herbicides off
all food crops. Anybody who follows the pesticide news trail will be aware of the recent report from the US that traces of glyphosate - which since the introduction of GMO crops has become the world's most widely used herbicide - have been found in samples of breastmilk. This was not a scientific study but a small survey by a group called Mom's Across America, intended to galvanise a full scientific study based on a large sample of women. Corn field image via Shutterstock. Read more at ENN Affiliate, The Ecologist. 2014©. Copyright Environmental News Network |