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Crops Being Drenched With Cancer Causing Glyphosate Immediately Before Harvest
Vast quantities of non-organic crops are deliberately doused with the carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate (trade name Roundup) in order to provide farmers with a more profitable harvest.
Roundup is one of the world’s most popular herbicides, and the most widely used agricultural and residential weedkiller in the United States. The adoption of crops genetically engineered to resist Roundup has led to an explosion in its use in the past 20 years.
In March, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IACR) announced in an article published in the journal Lancet Oncology that it had updated glyphosate’s status to “probably carcinogenic,” based on strong evidence from animal studies and “limited evidence” from human studies.
Crops deliberately poisoned, then harvested
The practice of killing good crops with Roundup right before harvest is described in a 2010 paper by Roundup manufacturer Monsanto. The purpose, the company says, is to cause the crops to all die at the same time, thus drying uniformly and providing an earlier and more profitable harvest.
“Uneven maturity and green tissue delays harvest,” the paper reads, directing the reader’s attention to photographs showing the “uniform” and “complete” desiccation of fields of corn and sunflowers killed by Roundup.
Killing crops in this way leads to lower drying times and costs, the company says. It also spares farmers the trouble of having to wait for crops to fully mature before harvesting them.
“By bringing harvest date forward 2-3 weeks growers can more often meet the optimum planting date for winter wheat establishment so maximising yield,” the paper reads.
Strictly speaking, this practice consists of using Roundup as a desiccant, rather than an herbicide (although the plants are still killed in the process).
“Desiccants (or harvest management tools) are used worldwide by growers who are producing crops that require ‘drying down’ to create uniformity of plant material at harvest,” says the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association. “These products may also assist in pre-harvest weed control. In Canada, products such as diquat (Reglone) and glyphosate (Roundup) have been used as desiccants in pulse crops.”
Notably, desiccant use of Roundup is “off-label,” as Canada has only approved Reglone for this use.
Monsanto also encourages farmers to spray their fields with Roundup just before harvest for weed-control purposes.
“Preharvest is the best time for controlling Canada thistle, quackgrass, perennial sowthistle, dandelion, toadflax, and milkweed,” the company says. “A preharvest weed control application is an excellent management strategy to not only control perennial weeds, but to facilitate harvest management and get a head start on next year’s crop.”
Causes cancer, birth defects, hormone failure
Because no records are kept, it is impossible to know the scale at which food crops are being sprayed with herbicides just days before harvest. Sources suggest that the practice is relatively widespread among certain crops, however, such as sugarcane grown in the southeastern United States.
The practice of spraying right before harvest has raised alarm with consumer advocates who fear that such use leaves less time for residues to dissipate before the crop reaches consumers. At the very least, the use of Roundup as a desiccant means that even non-“Roundup Ready” crops may contain exceptionally high Roundup residues, resulting from being sprayed directly with the chemical.
Evidence continues to mount of the dangers posed by Roundup exposure. In addition to cancer, studies have linked both Roundup and specifically glyphosate to organ failure and birth defects. A recent study conducted by scientists from Flinders University in Australia found that Roundup disrupts the endocrine (hormonal) system at levels allowed in drinking water. That study also found that Roundup was more toxic to the endocrine system than pure glyphosate, suggesting that some of the “inactive” ingredients in the herbicide are also toxic either alone or in combination with glyphosate and other Roundup ingredients.
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IARC HAZARD STUDY AGAINST GLYPHOSATE IS DISTORTED, BIASED, & UNBALANCED PESTICDE-HATING FANATICISM !
IARC has NOT classified glyphosate as « carcinogenic to humans ». Additionally, national government regulators world-wide have concluded that glyphosate is scientifically-safe, and yet only IARC arbitrarily claims it may cause cancer. However, on March 20th, 2015, IARC arbitrarily classified the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as « probably carcinogenic » on the basis of « limited evidence » of cancer among humans. Nonetheless, IARC has NOT classified glyphosate as « carcinogenic to humans ». In other words, according to IARC, glyphosate WILL NOT cause cancer. Unfortunately, anti-pesticide fanatics are implying that IARC’s « limited evidence » is somehow being withheld from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( US EPA ), German Federal Institute For Risk Assessment, Health Canada, and EVERY other science-based national regulatory agency in the world. According to these agencies, the weight of evidence is AGAINST carcinogenicity. In other words, according to these agencies, glyphosate WILL NOT cause cancer. Sadly, the IARC hazard study against glyphosate is distorted, biased, and unbalanced. The selection of « limited evidence » was severely unbalanced since IARC simply cherry-picked the most atypically negative reports in order to validate its pesticide-hating agenda. IARC also conveniently disregarded dozens of scientific studies that support the conclusion glyphosate is NOT a human health risk ! THE PESTICIDE-HATING IARC HAS BEEN DISCREDITED ! Moreover, IARC does not evaluate actual human risks, and merely looks at what is called hazard. The IARC study of hazard does NOT indicate the risk of getting cancer. On the other hand, national regulatory agencies, like US EPA and Health Canada, DO evaluate risks. IARC merely looks at what is called hazard, and NOT risk. It DOES NOT take into consideration how much of, or how commonly, a risk glyphosate poses in the real world. IARC has also failed to provide any new research concerning glyphosate. Why do science-based national regulatory agencies around the world conclude that glyphosate is scientifically safe while only IARC arbitrarily claims it « probably » causes cancer ? Because IARC is NOT a government regulatory agency, and it DOES NOT evaluate risk. IARC most certainly is NOT a science, NOT a research, and NOT a health organization. Indeed, IARC is NOT even a regulatory authority. It is a mere subsidiary of the World Health Organization ( WHO ). If the IARC hazard study against glyphosate is truly valid, then why doesn’t WHO itself demand more government regulation ?!?! Why should national regulatory agencies listen to IARC when it is ignored by WHO ?!?! In fact, glyphosate WILL NOT CAUSE HARM and WILL NOT CAUSE CANCER ! It is clear that IARC has an agenda-driven bias for reasons of mere pesticide-hating fanaticism and politicized science. IARC IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED ! Scientific research shows that, as reported through EPA’s and Health Canada’s vast toxicology database, NO harm will occur when pest control products like glyphosate are applied properly. All of these products have been evaluated for their carcinogenic potential. http://wp.me/p1jq40-6yf Even Canadian Cancer Society’s own web-sites state, repeatedly, that scientific research does NOT provide a conclusive link between pest control products and cancer. http://wp.me/p1jq40-4qc PESTICIDES CAUSING CANCER IS A MYTH ! http://wp.me/p1jq40-2nl If you question that glyphosate is carcinogenic based on the IARC hazard study, perhaps you should consider advocating bans against similarly classified products & activities, like bacon, baked food, burgers, cooked meat, fish, fried food, grapefruit juice, night shift work, paint remover, roasted food, sausages, and vegetables. IARC has also evaluated chemical agents & activities that have HIGHER carcinogenic hazard than glyphosate, like alcoholic beverages, baby oil, oral contraceptives, outdoor air pollution, painter, plutonium, and sunlight. In essence, glyphosate WILL NOT CAUSE CANCER, and it is SAFE when used properly. The studies of IARC are distorted, biased, and unbalanced. THEY ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED ! For more information about IARC, go to … http://wp.me/p1jq40-8RO http://wp.me/p1jq40-5Lc http://wp.me/p1jq40-8M4 For more information about GLYPHOSATE, go to … http://wp.me/P1jq40-1Jb
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Monsanto should be sprayed with Roundup to die earlier.