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02/28/2019 / By Tracey Watson

It’s time to look at soil health: Synthetic fertilizers, herbicides have taken an enormous toll, with long-term consequences

The thing about soil is that you cannot tell how healthy it is just by looking at it, and it can take years to determine the long-term effects of what you put in to it. For this reason, agrochemical companies have been able to push the use of harmful pesticides and other chemicals for decades […]

02/21/2019 / By Isabelle Z.

Did you know? Cows are the ultimate food recyclers and can help curb herbicide use

Cows might not get all the fanfare that other members of the animal kingdom do, but behind their quiet, unassuming façade rests a very useful power: the ability to recycle food and curb the need for herbicides. Their food recycling ability was pointed out in a recent letter written by Kansas beef producer Brandi Buzzard […]

02/14/2019 / By Isabelle Z.

Some of the most popular orange juice brands found to be contaminated with glyphosate weedkiller

Many people think of orange juice as a health food because it comes from fruit. Although it’s undoubtedly better to eat the whole fruit from a nutritional standpoint, drinking orange juice certainly isn’t bad, right? The scary truth is that if you consume one of the many popular brands of orange juice recently found to […]

02/14/2019 / By Ethan Huff

“Determined” French farmer who became disabled following exposure to Monsanto’s “Lasso” weedkiller now suing chemical giant

For more than a decade, French farmer Paul François has been seeking justice against Monsanto, the world’s most evil corporation, over injuries he incurred as a result of using the Missouri-based chemical giant’s “Lasso” weedkiller on his crops. And despite numerous setbacks, he’s still just as “determined” as ever, according to his lawyer, to achieve […]

07/19/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Monsanto attempts to discredit new study that proves YET AGAIN that glyphosate is dangerous even at low levels

An international team of experts has concluded, based on the results of a comprehensive new animal study, that glyphosate, the primary active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is highly toxic to humans – even at the very low doses that both Monsanto and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claim are completely “safe.” Monsanto is trying to discredit […]

07/08/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Putting it bluntly: If all bees die, humanity will soon follow

As bee populations continue to dwindle, concerns about what will happen after one of the world’s most important pollinators vanish without a trace are running high. Worldwide, bee species are finding themselves on “endangered” lists, with total extinction getting closer. Even in the U.S., native species like the rusty patched bumble bee is teetering “on […]

06/28/2018 / By Vicki Batts

A deadly pattern of collusion and deceit: Both industry and regulators are aware of the dangers of pesticides

When corporate interests and government agencies collide, you get a veritable Pandora’s box of corruption, collusion and deceit. And when those corporate interests include toxic pesticides, you get the Poison Papers. Collectively, the Poison Papers are 20,000 pages of documents which prove government agencies and industry cronies have worked together to obscure the truth about […]

06/20/2018 / By Vicki Batts

A new breed of solar-powered AI weeders could disrupt the $100 billion pesticide industry by reducing the need for universal herbicides

Robots and AI are poised to take over a host of human jobs — especially in the fast food industry, if McDonald’s is any indication. Now, it looks like there may be hope for robots to replace pesticides, too. Chemical pesticides peddled by the biotech and agricultural industries have proven themselves to be harmful to […]

05/25/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Is Monsanto going down like Big Tobacco? FAKE SCIENCE about to be exposed on a global scale

Monsanto is showing some clear signs that they’re getting nervous as their dishonest practices come significantly closer to being brought to light on a grand scale. Last week, the peer-reviewed manuscripts of the pilot phase of a study known as the Global Glyphosate Study were revealed at a European Parliament press conference, and it’s all […]

05/10/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Roundup weedkiller more toxic than just glyphosate alone… alarming new findings reveal NON-active ingredients are poisons, too

Just how toxic is Monsanto’s most prolific herbicide, Roundup? While the active ingredient, glyphosate, has long been scrutinized, new research shows that active ingredients in pesticides and herbicides aren’t the only things people should be worried about. As many people have suspected, the so-called “inactive” ingredients featured in weedkillers like Roundup are not so benign after […]

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