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Study: New Yorkers Face Cancer Spike From Monsanto’s Roundup in City Parks

Friday, August 22, 2014 2:09
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The Parks Department in New York, which was responsible for spraying pesticides on greenspaces more than 1,300 times last year, is likely leading to more prevalent cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer, according to the findings of recent studies. The pesticide they use most often (even where children are at play) in order to eliminate weeds that house rats in New York is Monsanto’s Roundup – full of glyphosate carcinogens.

Even though the city posts warning signs 24-hours prior to spraying, the toxic chemicals in RoundUp linger, and no one really knows for how long. They say they spray in ‘little-used’ areas in the park – but we all know that with a little rain, pesticide runoff travels into the park’s lakes and soil, contaminating larger areas.

“In order to keep rats out of the playgrounds and meadow areas, we must use Roundup,” Parks Department spokesman Phil Abramson said. “It is not used inside playgrounds but is often used on little-used slopes outside playgrounds precisely because overgrown weeds near playgrounds harbor rats.”

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The city of New York defends its use of RoundUp, even though it had to use 22 percent more in 2013 than in 2012 to combat problems. They attest that RoundUp is used because it was considered ‘less carcinogenic’ than other pesticides, at least according to a Health Department report. The department has declined to release data on just how often and where they spray among numerous green spaces in the city.

Experts are now concerned that this spraying may account for findings in a study just published in April by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health that found RoundUp’s active ingredient, glyphosate, is associated with lymphoma.

Dr. Philip Landrigan, a professor of pediatrics at Mount Sinai, called the study “very authoritative” and believes the city should halt its use of RoundUp. It isn’t just the kids he is worried about.

Read More : http://www.newssum.com/study-new-yorkers-face-cancer-spike-monsantos-roundup-city-parks-3620

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