Monsanto Asks World Health Organization to ‘Retract’ Cancer Link
Will the WHO make the change?
Just days after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer released a report publicly declaring the well-known link between Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide and cancer, the GMO leviathan is already calling on the entire agency to issue a ‘retraction.’
Recently, Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide – the most widely used and best-selling herbicide in the U.S. and one of the world’s most popular weed-killers – has been labeled a probable carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Now Monsanto is fighting that assessment.
As reported by The Lancet:
“In March, 2015, 17 experts from 11 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; Lyon, France) to assess the carcinogenicity of the organophosphate pesticides tetrachlorvinphos, parathion, malathion, diazinon, and glyphosate (table). These assessments will be published as volume 112 of the IARC Monographs.”
Instead of deciding to make the product safer, or even delving into the realm of the conclusion from the scientists that Roundup is ‘probably carcinogenic (cancer-causing) to humans,’ Monsanto instead stated that they ‘question’ the assessment.
“We question the quality of the assessment,”the vice president of global regulatory affairs for Monsanto, Philip Miller, stated in an interview. “The WHO has something to explain.”
I think Monsanto has something to explain. And so do many scientific experts around the globe.
“There are a number of independent, published manuscripts that clearly indicate that glyphosate … can promote cancer and tumor growth,” said Dave Schubert, from the cellular neurobiology laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. “It should be banned.”
Numerous past studies have proposed what most of us have already surmised, that glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp – is utterly killing us. What’s more – it is causing damage in much smaller servings than the agriculture industry is dishing out in its common GMO and pesticide spraying practices.
With the already existing plethora of research pointing towards Roundup’s dangers, as well as this most recent assessment from the WHO, I think we have reason enough to find a better way to stop weeds.
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Monsanto can go F THEMSELVES! Lawsuits to eschew! My husband died from NHL and you bastards killed my husband!
I assume everyone – and that includes the hapless GMO Roberts – is aware of the recently published book by Steven Druker entitled ‘Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How The Venture To Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, And Systematically Deceived The Public’, with a forward by the eminent and world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall. If not, check it out on amazon.
yes buy it read and pass it around.
Feb 24, 2015 GMOs Are Destroying Our Food Security (and Heirloom Seed Treasures)
A report from Baker Creek Heirloom Rare Seed’s catalog explains how the genetic engineering of crops is having real life consequences for business, as well as food security.
http://youtu.be/tHynofR8I3Q
They have let them get away with it for over 20 years and now they are getting pressure from the whole world to expose how dangerous Roundup really is!
Biological impact of feeding rats with a genetically modified-based diet
This work was conducted in the context of post-marketing bio-safety assessment of genetically modified products. It presents a systematic approach based on a chronic toxicity study on Wistar albino rats, with a range of combined parameters including biochemical, histopathological, and cytogenetic to evaluate the negative impact of a genetically modified (GM) diet on animal health. Histopathological and biochemical analysis procedures were performed in the liver, kidney, and testis.
Cytogenetic analysis was evaluated in germ cells and the liver. The results revealed that the laboratory diet used in our investigation was proved experimentally, using the PCR assay, to contain genetically modified components without being labeled as such. The results of all parameters evaluated in our investigation were consistent and confirm that the GM diet fed to rats for 30, 60, or 90 days has deleterious histopathological and histochemical impacts. Biochemical alterations in
alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, creatinine, uric acid, and malondialdehyde concentrations were also observed. Genotoxicity of the GM diet was also demonstrated in germ cells as increased numbers of cells with chromosomal aberrations and in liver cells as increased ratios of DNA fragmentation. In conclusion, the results of the present work indicate that there are health hazards linked to the ingestion of diets containing genetically modified components.
Hanaa ORABY, Mahrousa KANDIL, Nermeen SHAFFIE, Inas GHALY
Turk J Biol
Rep.
Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) didn’t like the fact that consumer groups renamed
his bill to kill state GMO labeling laws the “Deny Americans the Right
to Know (DARK) Act.” So, in order to appear to be on the side of
consumers who want the right to know if their food contains GMOs, Pompeo
has reintroduced the bill, [LINK TO COME] with a new plan.
The new-and-improved (but really much worse)
DARK Act would still do what it set out to do—strip states of their
century-old rights to pass food labeling laws. But the bill now also
includes a scheme for a national, uniform standard for labeling products
non-GMO—a new program that would be overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Really? Pompeo, a member of the Republican Party which
purports to stand for states’ rights and is allegedly anti-big
government, wants to create yet another federal government-run program?
This time, to certify non-GMO? We fail to see how that’s preferable to
just requiring food manufacturers to do what they already do in more
than 60 other countries—simply state whether or not their products
contain GMOS?
The DARK Act 2.0 was introduced on the heels of a
hearing held this week by the House Committee on Agriculture to, the
committee said, examine the “Cost and Impacts of States Implementing
Mandatory Biotechnology Labeling Laws.” During that hearing, industry
trotted out all of its talking points, including false claims that
labeling will cost food manufacturers millions of dollars, a cost
they’ll have to pass on to consumers. Never mind that study after study
has proven otherwise. That food manufacturers change their labels all
the time. And that in countries where GMO labeling is required, costs
have not been passed on to consumers.
Pompeo’s bill has nothing to do with protecting
consumer or states’ rights, and everything to do with protecting the
profits of those companies—like Monsanto and Coca-Cola—who have
essentially written this law. It’s an outrage. And we will do everything
in our power to stop it dead in its tracks.
Read the OCA press release
TAKE ACTION: Tell Your Representative: Support Consumer and States’ Rights. Reject Rep. Pompeo’s DARK Act!:
You can’t see? That is because you are blind. Open your eyes, you already have organic and non gmo why do you need another label? Not smart enough to connect the dots? Anything else would be considered gmo without any extra cost of labeling for those that didn’t want the label anyway. Everybody wins, but no that isn’t good enough for a shiner like you johnny. After all you don’t even have a clue as to what type of government we have so you really have no right to an opinion as to what they do.
Afraid to label aren’t you or at least that’s what your bosses at Consanto tell you to say. What a pawn you are Bobo. Can’t even stand up on your own 4 feet. Gee it sounds like you’re getting upset again. I can always recognize your tone when you realize you have lost the argument. Take a chill pill bud. Relax and accept the truth.
Johnny the day you get me upset will be my last, you are a trivial little fool that I have fun toying with in my free time. You have yet to best me in any argument as you have zero facts on your side, have no fear though my free time is about to end for planting season so I wont my time on here is short until later this summer. So you will have the opportunity to spread your lies. But maybe instead you will be able to find out what type of government we have.
Planting season? Now that’s a good one. The only seeds you could sow are seeds of doubt and destruction. Well you will be sorely missed here when you leave for your treatment, You were always good for a laugh. Nobody took you seriously.
It’s a puppet government just like everywhere else. Ever heard of the NWO? I’ll give ya a hint it is right on the back of every dollar.
Been reading Dan Brown again huh?
It is right in front of your face. Look at the pyramid on the dollar bill and translate what it says. New world order. how many presidents have mentioned it and other higher up puppets. YOu have no clue about many things. not that that would surprise anyone on here.
Come back to earth, I will leave a light on to help show you the way. Let me guess you think Amish maffia and pro wrestling are real as well don’t you.
you’re an idiot and that is putting it lightly.
19 Studies Link GMO Foods to Organ Disruption
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/04/27/19-studies-link-gmo-foods-to-organ-disruption.aspx
never heard of amish maffia. I don’t watch tv except maybe a football game. ‘As far as wrestling haven’t seen any since probably about 35 yrs ago when I was in about 5th grade and knew it was fake before that.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/04/07/cafos-gmos-antibiotics.aspx
enjoy your crow!
you leave they light on. Oh the irony. LOL
no its called research you should try it sometime but I’m sure it’s WAY over your head.
Yes you have done a lot I can tell, next time though go to the non-fiction section to do it.
19 Studies Link GMO Food (toxins) to Organ Disruption
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/04/27/19-studies-link-gmo-foods-to-organ-disruption.aspx
Seeds of Deception
By Jeffrey M. Smith
A 10-Page Summary
http://www.wanttoknow.info/deception10pg
my comments keep getting deleted but I’ll try again.
https://old.naturalsociety.com/even-without-roundup-gmos-still-causes-liver-kidney-toxicity/
maybe you are the one that should try researching in the non fiction.
That’s where I get my information from. If you are going to try and insult someone at least try to come up with something new. You really are a loser.
you calling me a loser. How ironic.
It fits.
your head in you arse, yes we all know that. why do you keep it parked in there all the time?
Your the one living in the closet.
Does that mean your the one coming out of the closet. LOL LOL
Never in it, didn’t want to be in your space.
Oh, now you chicken out and aint going to tell us about you coming out of the closet. Everyone on here knows already so it’s not big of leap of faith.
Monsanto is The Evil Empire! They push GMO crops and poison on the world.
And guess what…. It’s what they cover all their GMO seeds in…..These people are monsters and evil down to the core.. GREED controls everything they do. They don’t care one iota for ANYONE. Including their own families… It’s disgusting.
Funny how Monsanto didn’t even have six billion in crop protection sales total let alone roundup according to their 2014 report johnny boy. And the WHO report that you are so worried about also states those at risk are the ag workers such as myself that deal with the product not the consumer. It is a shame that your argument is so weak you feel you must lie. But of course what would you expect from someone that doesn’t even know what kind of government we have.
youre right we have a crappy system. it is so crappy that the fda leaves it up to manufacturers to test safety of products. Lol of course the manufacturers find no health issues with their products. that is the sad truth. also the consumer is at risk because its not like we can wash that bs off food. GMO food is toxic. the environment is being destroyed from toxic products and toxic creations deemed safe. Its weird how many of the people that promote GMO won’t eat GMO toxified foods.
First of all what good would it do to fake the studies? If they did it would come out eventually and that would lead to jail time, fines, and more money lost in lawsuits than ever made. To think that a company would risk that is just wrong. Secondly, gmos are only toxic to the insects and then only if the bt genes are present. There is no research that says otherwise, except the few studies that have easily been torn apart by real scientists. I’m sure you do not believe that, but the real telling story isn’t in any tests results but how many times you can duplicate those results. Gmos have been proven safe in thousands of trials and in real world applications for almost twenty years. On the flip side no one has ever been able to recreate the findings of any of the studies you would point to as evidence. As far as your last line, I am proud to put locally raised gmo beef and sweet corn on the table for my family and am looking forward to giving the new gmo apples a try as soon as they arrive.
“How industry science endeavors to obscure bioengineering of food and the USFDA presumed GE foods as safe, marketable, and allowed without testing or labels”.
ALTERED GENES,TWISTED TRUTH, BY STEVEN DRUKER released 1/2015
Pride is one of the 7 deadly sins
“May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them” … Ingrafted Branches
Then why are GMO foods banned in so many countries, including all of Europe? My mother used roundup and has cancer. She used it when I was growing up and I have had cancer twice. My dad had it twice. Poison is bad for you. How hard is that to understand?
LOL, I have customers in there 80s that use hundreds of gallons of glyphosate each year and are as healthy as can be. What did either of us just prove? Nothing, because the two aren’t related. As far as your ban is concerned isn’t it strange that Europe is one of the largest importer of gmo corn? If they ban it then why import it? If all of Europe has banned it then what did Spain do with the 137,000 hectares of gmos they planted in 2013?
George Burns smoked and inhaled between 10 and 15 cigars a day for 70 years and lived to be 100. I guess the Surgeon General was wrong. I guess there is no link between smoking and cancer ??- Wouldn’t you agree Bozo?
By the way I didn’t know there were that many people at Monsanto in there 80s.
And what form of government do we have Bobo?
Lets see according to the report that was released this winter getting cancer is a game of chance. Oh wait you don’t believe in science only the fake stuff don’t you Johnny? You also don’t believe in finding out what type of government we have either.
“It is dangerous to be right when the Government is wrong -VOLTAIRE
“Lets see according to the report that was released this winter getting cancer is a game of chance.”
I would love to hear more about this. Do you have a link Bozo?
Type it into google and go for it johnny bisquick, whilrpe your are at it try to find out what kind of government we have.
I did, there is nothing there. Maybe you could back up your lies.
By the way what does “whilrpe your are at it try to find out what kind of government we have.” mean- could you please translate
“Fourteen million people a year are diagnosed with cancer, but that is
predicted to increase to 19 million by 2025, 22 million by 2030 and 24
million by 2035.”
The World Cancer Research Fund
Isn’t that strange Bobo – shouldn’t “the game of chance” always have the same probability??
“First of all what good would it do to fake the studies? If they did it
would come out eventually and that would lead to jail time, fines, and
more money lost in lawsuits than ever made.”
The studies are secret only to Monsanto.
What do they risk? They just get a little slap on the risk. Monsanto has already been found guilty many times- they get a little fine and continue breaking the law.
It is really easy to falsify studies:
““Fifty-seven published clinical trials were identified for which an FDA
inspection of a trial site had found significant evidence of 1 or more
of the following problems: falsification or submission of false
information, 22 trials (39%); problems with adverse events reporting, 14
trials (25%); protocol violations, 42 trials (74%); inadequate or
inaccurate recordkeeping, 35 trials (61%); failure to protect the safety
of patients and/or issues with oversight or informed consent, 30 trials
(53%); and violations not otherwise categorized, 20 trials (35%).””
“funny, weak, lies” still throwing stones at truth GMOR
residue levels of glyphosates and surfactants with addition to new allowances of 2,4D are inside the GE plants and cannot be washed off.
Nothing funny about poisoning ourselves out of existence
Glyphosates’ and 2,4D accumulate in the environment, the amounts will increase in our food and drinking water, as their combined use becomes widespread and weeds become more resistant.
Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways To Modern Diseases can be found from the journal Entropy April 18,2013 (pdf open access)
exogenous semiotic entropy- the disruption of homeostasis by environmental toxins manifests slowly over time as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body.
other references pages to click < NIH Human Microbiome Project and or National Human Genome Research Institute
“Did you see the latest indictment of Monsanto making the rounds? It’s a “peer-reviewed” paper in the journal Entropy, co-authored by Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff, blaming glyphosate, the compound in the herbicide Roundup, for virtually all the ills that can befall us.
But here’s the thing — they made it up. Or, all but. They say, “We explain the documented effects of glyphosate and its ability to induce disease, and we show that glyphosate is a ‘textbook example’ of exogenous semiotic entropy: the disruption of homeostasis by environmental toxins.” Exogenous semiotic entropy! That sounds serious. Google it, though, and you find that those three words occur together in only place. This paper. They made it up. At first, I thought the whole thing was one of those jargon-laden academic hoaxes but, alas, it isn’t.”
— The opening of an article by Tamar Haspel entitled ”
Condemning Monsanto With Bad Science Is Dumb”
LOL yes and I only paid attention to one sentence Haspel wrote
“As for the GUT BACTERIA, there appears to be no research at all on glyphosate’s effect on them”
Dr Seneff had just started this research and is continuously studying it.
By the way GMOR I found the exact same post you posted above word for word from another poster named dubinsky from the original article headlined
MIT SCIENTISTS EXPOSES CONSEQUENCE OF MONSANTO’S GLOYPHOSATE AND ALUMINUM COCKTAIL… archives Natural Society/News Report 9/17/14 by Christina Sarich
No defense against the accumulation of agricultural toxins?
glyphosate and GE defenders must be in some kind of echo chamber
So you made conclusions even though nothing has been found? Very sad you do t need facts. I like here last paragraph the best!
There’s plenty being seen and found from experience and being observant to all sides that’s the best teacher. Knowing there is more to this debate than the cost of ink on a label Its about choice in deciding what you eat which is being denied
Who is stopping you from buying organic or non gmo?
ARBITRATION BURIED IN THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS
This is ” the latest indictment of Monsanto making the rounds” this was in 2013 where have you been.
Anyway what’s your point?
If you would actually read the comment I replied to johnny you would see that AUTUMN brought up the article from 2013 and I responded. Once again you speak before thinking. Anyone that actually sees your posts knows that you don’t have a clue. People like yourself is why why monsanto is winning. Your lies are to easy to prove and it turns people off, it happened in California, Oregon, Washington, and overwhelmingly in Colorado. It will happen every time when actually put before the people. Thanks johnny for helping gmos.
real science has proven Mon-Satan a fraud, and proven his ‘top experts’ have lies out their arses.
There are thousands of tests that have been verified and duplicated that all show the safety. Anything else is simply wrong.
there are thousands of studies and tests that show these products are not safe as well.
You prop up your strawmen, I’ll knock them down.
https://www.organicconsumers.org/old_articles/monsanto/roundup.php
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weed-whacking-herbicide-p/
http://www.gmoseralini.org/roundup-is-more-toxic-than-declared-new-criigen-study/
How about some GMO corn fed rats for you?
https://www.google.ca/search?q=gmo+corn+fed+rats&rlz=1C1CHFX_enCA449CA449&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=923&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=oGcVVc2QO_bbsASAoIG4CA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ
The truth is out…go crawl back in your hole and eat your round=up ready GMO’s.
That makes you simple and wrong
peer reviewed? by who the ones that did the 9/11 review?
“Funny how Monsanto didn’t even have six billion in crop protection sales
total let alone roundup according to their 2014 report johnny boy.”
What does that prove?
” And the WHO report that you are so worried about also states those at
risk are the ag workers such as myself that deal with the product not
the consumer.”
Wrong – prove it
The first part proved that you lied about monsanto and the second part proved that you lied about the actual article. Anyone interested can look up either monsantos financial statement or the article on the lancet. Both are free on the Internet, and yet instead of researching them, you just lied about them. What can one expect from someone that doesn’t even care what kind of government we have.
I looked up all the things you lied about and you can’t prove this again now because you have no proof and you don’t know what you’re talking about- as usual.
No matter what I say you won’t believe me johnny, it is simple to verify, so you only dig yourself a deeper hole by keeping up your sick little game. Anyone that actually cares will look it up for themselves. So in the meantime why don’t you tell us what type of government we have? Just remember people can look this up as well, although the majority don’t have to, and see that you once again lied.
Sorry wrong answer. Try again Bobo
I can’t help it that you are helpless johnny, but you are good for laughs. I bet even you supporters are disappointed in a clown like you. Keep their spirits up and tell us all what kind of government we have.
I know GMO’s and round up are poison. If you want to eat the poison, go ahead..but your straw man arguement won’t work here.
Step off…go eat some more round-up infused GMO’s.
Real science has proven Mon-Satan products toxic to people. It makes us sick, deforms us, sterilizes us, and even kills us.
Instead of talking about financial records, talk about the real issue.
His product is poison.
Your problem is you are taking this way to personal. “His” product? who is he? No one person has did anything . The next problem is that there are a lot of gmos here that have nothing to do with roundup. Your next statement is simply false because there are billions of people consuming gmos everyday, they are sick or deformed and the population continues to grow so they can’t be that sterile either.
you obviously don’t know what real science is.
I’d suggest you stop sucking on tail pipes, and go see what independent, non Mon-Satan scientists are saying. You’ll get the truth.
See my previous comment for a couple links to investigate. If you have half the brain you are pretending to have, it will make you investigate further. If you are half as intelligent as you are pretending to be, you’ll see the error of your thoughts, and join the right team.
Mon-Satan has NO RIGHT to destroy the earth’s food supply while he makes disgusting profits from people’s naivity.
Your strawmen won’t work with me.
and btw, to add, Mon-Satan’s scientists have admitted their GMO’s are made to drink round-up like water. There is a direct relationship between the two. The fact farmers have been blind sided into using round up on conventional grown crops is just as bad.
I’m not into my food killing me….why are you?
I’m not, but I am smart enough to understand the truth. Something you missed.
my dear, you are so very delusional it hurts my soul. Stop lying to yourself. Admit you are wrong. Good people are here to help heal the damage done by Mon-Satan. You just have to open your eyes.
I’ve heard nothing to make me change my mind. I will stick with the thousands of confirmed tests and the billions of people (including myself and my family) that eat gmos everyday with zero problems, thank you.
have you read the literature provided by highly qualified independent scientists?
No.
Kill yourself then..I can’t stop you. But you won’t be killing me with your poison. We will force them to comply with our demands by not buying their products, suing the *sses of them, and exposing their lies.
You can poison your own family. You won’t be poisoning us.
Yes and all the highly qualified ones agree that gmos are completely safe.
Tell
the EPA: Ban Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing Roundup Herbicide – See more at:
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=16052#sthash.4R3etqMJ.dpuf
Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, is probably causing cancer in humans.
That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) panel of cancer experts, which published its latest review of the cancer risks of glyphosate on March 20, 2015.
The timing of this new report couldn’t be better. Why? Glyphosate is currently under review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has the power to ban its use in Roundup, or anywhere else.
TAKE ACTION! Tell the EPA to ban glyphosate. Please add your own comments, especially if you or your family members have been sickened from exposure to glyphosate. Monsanto has already rushed to attack this latest science, published by credible international scientists at WHO. Just as the Gene Giant has attacked every credible independent scientist in the past.
And it’s no wonder. Monsanto’s $6 billion in annual sales of glyphosate are at stake. At what point will U.S. regulators start believing the scientists, instead of pandering to Monsanto?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) does not test foods for glyphosate residues because the agency says it’s “too expensive.”
In 2013, the EPA raised the allowed limits of glyphosate residue for various crops, including soybean oil and potatoes. Driving the increase in glyphosate use are GMO crops that have been engineered to tolerate the constant, direct application of the herbicide. These so-called “Roundup Ready” crops—soy, corn, cotton, canola, sugar beets and alfalfa—have generated a tenfold increase.
According to Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., of Washington State University, data shows that U.S. farmers used enough glyphosate in 2014 to apply theequivalent of almost three-quarters of a pound on every acre of farmland used to grow crops. Worldwide, 99.7 percent of GMO crops are pesticide plants.
Now that WHO has made clear that all of this glyphosate is probably causing cancer, it’s time for the EPA to take action and once and for all ban this dangerous chemical that is making people sick and polluting our environment.
In addition to threatening human health, the use of glyphosate is destroying the monarch butterfly habitat—milkweed plants that use to thrive in corn and soybean fields. The monarch population has suffered a 97-percent loss since the introduction of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready crops.
Please tell the U.S. EPA to do its job: Ban glyphosate now.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall to see how many scientists Monsanto tries to bribe. I am sure it would be hard to resist given Monsanto’s bribe budget must be in the millions. I hope the scientists remain committed to this humanitarian cause and don’t let this toxic giant bully their way to success on lies and deceit.
If some one has face book, put the 3 bottom links into the top one. Thanx.
IARC misclassification of glyphosate as Group 2A
probable carcinogen
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/28575424/iarc-misclassification-of-glyphosate-as-group-2a-probable-carcinogen
Glyphosate re-assessment in Europe is corrupt: Toxicology
http://www.academia.edu/7595699/Glyphosate_re-assessment_in_Europe_is_corrupt_Toxicology
European glyphosate reassessment is corrupt
http://www.examiner.com/article/european-glyphosate-reassessment-is-corrupt
Scandal of Glyphosate Re-assessment in Europe
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Scandal_of_Glyphosate_Reassessment_in_Europe.php