Jan 24, 2016 | Featured, Reports
In a survey carried out over 15 years by Germany’s federal environment agency UBA, an increasing percentage of urine samples were found to be contaminated with glyphosate, the World’s most used herbicide. Source: GM Watch Source: Umwelt Bundesamt (German text)... 
Dec 29, 2015 | Featured, Reports
Barcelona’s public parks and green spaces will no longer be treated with the herbicide glyphosate. Ecological alternatives that are more respectful of the health of people and the environment will be sought, according to the city’s municipal Commission for Ecology,... 
Dec 2, 2015 | Featured, Reports
In November, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that glyphosate is “unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans”. Source: http://www.gmwatch.org/news/latest-news/16568 The EFSA decision, based on the Renewal Assessment Report provided by the... 
Nov 3, 2015 | Featured, Reports
A new report finds that more than half of the glyphosate sprayed in California is applied in the state’s eight most impoverished counties. Glyphosate, commonly known as Roundup, is classified as a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization and may get a... 
Oct 21, 2015 | Featured, Reports
One hundred percent of the raw cotton and sterile cotton gauze contained glyphosate (a probably carcinogenic herbicide according to the World Health Organization) or its metabolite AMPA, according to a study by the Socio-Environmental Interaction Space (EMISA) of the... 
Sep 13, 2015 | Featured, Reports
The California Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it plans to label glyphosate — the most widely used herbicide and main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup — as a chemical “known to cause cancer.” The World Health Organization’s...