All posts tagged: glyphosate

Compositional differences in soybeans on the market: Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans | myfoodistry

Compositional differences in soybeans on the market: Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans

Compositional differences in soybeans on the market: Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans. This study rejects that GM soy is “substantially equivalent” to non-GM soybeans.

Activist forces Canada to test food samples | myfoodistry

Activist forces Canada to test food samples

Activist forces Canada to test food samples. An India-born Canadian citizen, Mr Tony Mitra, has made the Canadian government test food samples for glyphosate, a dangerous herbicide. It took years of effort for Mr Mitra, a retired marine engineer and has turned food security activist, before the Canadian government agreed.

Argentine study links glyphosate herbicide to miscarriage | myfoodistry

Argentine study links glyphosate herbicide to miscarriage

Argentine study links glyphosate herbicide to miscarriage. People living in an Argentine town in the heart of the GM soy and maize growing area suffer miscarriages at three times and birth defects at twice the national average rate, a new studyshows. In addition, the study found a correlation between a high environmental exposure to glyphosate and an increased frequency of reproductive disorders (miscarriage and birth defects).

Study shows glyphosate may be killing honeybees | myfoodistry

Study shows glyphosate may be killing honeybees

Study shows glyphosate may be killing honeybees. Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer, has caused concerns over its potential risk to human health and the environment for decades. Now, new research shows that glyphosate may be indirectly killing bees