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Researchers Link Roundup to Male Infertility
A four-person team led by Gilles-Eric Séralini, professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen in France, recently revealed yet another study that links the weed killer known as Roundup to infertility — this time in males. The report, titled Toxicol in Vitro, revealed that exposures of as low as one part per million of [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Huber Lays it All Out: Roundup is Killing Us
Monday, December 12, 2011
Lips quivered on ashen faces. Hair stood on forearms. Heads shook and, in some cases, tears formed. The forum, at the Acres USA conference in Columbus, Ohio, last Friday, lasted two and a half hours. For 150 minutes, Dr. Don Huber dispassionately laid out fact after fact, more research than was possible to digest, with [...]
Continue reading...Canadian Judge Orders Review of Roundup’s Impact on Frogs
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Citing the precautionary principle invoked in the historic Supreme Court Hudson v. Spraytech and ChemLawn decision in 2001 — profiled in the documentary film, A Chemical Reaction — a Canadian federal justice has ordered a full review of the impact of the herbicide Roundup on frogs and other amphibians. Justice Michael A. Kelen, who has served [...]
Continue reading...Report: Roundup is Everywhere in Air, Water
Thursday, September 1, 2011
In what’s being called “groundbreaking” research out of Mississippi and Iowa, the weed killer known as Roundup has been found to be virtually everywhere in air and water. This comes on the heels of the June report that shows Roundup, the world’s best-selling and most unregulated pesticide, causes birth defects. The key aspect of the [...]
Continue reading...Fielding Error: Mistaken Application Wipes Out Michigan Baseball
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
This story might be funny if it weren’t inherently tragic. Back in early spring, folks in Battle Creek, Michigan, were planning for a great season of baseball and other sports at their beloved Bailey Park Sports Complex. A new scoreboard and other improvements had been installed. A local lawn chemical contracting company was hired for [...]
Continue reading...Researcher Reiterates Roundup Concerns
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Don Huber Pens Second Letter Warning of Roundup Risks A letter by Purdue professor Dr. Don Huber, first posted here before getting wide circulation around the world, brought intense criticism to a respected researcher. Huber clarified his position about Roundup toxicity with this followup letter: THIS COVER LETTER is provided to explain the reasoning and concerns that [...]
Continue reading...Guest Blog: Take Roundup Warnings Seriously
Friday, February 25, 2011
NOTE: Since our publication of Col. Don Huber’s letter to the United States Department of Agriculture warning of the dire consequences of too much weed-killer known as Roundup in the soil, validation of his concerns has come from numerous sources. This note is from Jim Martindale, a consultant with North American Ag-Gro and President of [...]
Continue reading...Roundup Warning Letter Came Before USDA Decision
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
News that Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriage Has Been Slow to Catch On Just as Col. Don Huber’s letter that we revealed here seven days ago is becoming widely circulated on the Internet in various sites, a key piece of information has become available this evening. Huber, a former Emeritus Professor at Purdue University and coordinator [...]
Continue reading...German Television Airs What the U.S. Won’t About Roundup
Thursday, February 17, 2011
For the past month or so we’ve been blogging rather relentlessly about the weed killer known as Roundup, and the devastating impact this lethal product has on soil, water, plants animals and, most especially, humans. This piece from a German documentarian spells much of it all out: http://www.naturalnews.com/031382_GM_soy_GMOs.html#ixzz1EFi7vP1I.
Continue reading...Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Letter to USDA Urges ‘Emergency’ Action WHILE INSISTING HE DOES NOT WANT to be an alarmist, one of the nation’s senior soil scientists is alerting the federal government to a newly discovered organism that may have the potential to cause infertility and spontaneous abortion in farm animals and, potentially, humans. Dr. Don Huber, professor emeritus at [...]
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