Monsanto’s Roundup. It’s been around since 1974. But it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the use of Monsanto’s flagship poison surged. That’s when the company came up with the idea to genetically engineer seeds to grow food crops, like corn, soy, alfalfa, sugar beets and canola, that could tolerate high doses of the poison.
This allowed farmers to spray entire
fields of crops, killing everything in
sight—except Monsanto’s genetically
engineered crops.
Then, eager to sell even more Roundup,
Monsanto encouraged farmers to use the
toxic herbicide as a dessicant, to
dry out all of their crops so they
could harvest them faster. So Roundup is
now
routinely sprayed directly on a long
list of non-GMO crops, including wheat,
barley, oats, canola, flax, peas,
lentils, soybeans, dry beans and sugar
cane.
Over the years, Monsanto has
falsified data on Roundup’s safety,
and marketed it to parks departments and
consumers as “environmentally friendly”
and “biodegradable," to encourage its
use on roadsides, playgrounds, golf
courses, schoolyards, lawns and home
gardens.
In the nearly 20 years of
intensifying exposure, scientists have
been documenting the health consequences
of Roundup and glyphosate in our food,
in the water we drink, in the air we
breathe and where our children play.
Here’s what they’ve found. It’s enough to make you sick.
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