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On October 30, 2020 Dr. Benbrook testified via video to the Philadelphia City Council in support of a proposed municipal ban on herbicide application in city parks and other public lands. His written statement accompanying this testimony is shared in its entirety below. It reviews the key public health implications of rising herbicide use for […]
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I am flabbergasted at this decision. There is NOTHING — ZERO — in the EPA decision to reduce worker exposures and risks. How can EPA ignore the thousands of comments, including my own, highlighting the need for EPA to recover its spine and require Bayer/Monsanto and other registrants to take out the high-risk surfactants in […]
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The public comment period on EPA’s proposed re-registration of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) closed on September 3, 2019. The Agency has received well over 300,000 comments, including 31-pages worth from Hygeia’s Dr. Charles Benbrook. Benbrook’s submitted comments draw on his work over many years on the impact of GBH use on weed management systems and herbicide […]
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In a statement released July 31, 2019, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has recommended that all glyphosate use be phased out due to “the recognised impact on the health and well-being of women and newborn children worldwide.” FIGO is a professional group that advocates for OB/GYN groups around the world. They work with […]
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The verdict in the latest Roundup cancer trial is in, and it is a really, really big deal. Two billion dollars big, in fact. This news is so huge, even People magazine is covering it. For the third time in a year, a jury has ruled that the glyphosate in Roundup herbicides contributed to plaintiffs’ […]
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Ever wonder about the impact of heavy, year-to-year applications of glyphosate-based herbicides on wildlife and ecosystem food chains? Environmental Health News provides some key, fresh insights in “What’s the world’s most widely used herbicide doing to tiny critters?” We already know that glyphosate and other pesticides have become ubiquitous in streams and groundwater, suggesting ecological impacts are likely […]
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Scientists funded by the Ramazzini Institute, an international cancer research non-profit based in Italy, have just published the results of a pilot program that studied the impacts of low-dose glyphosate exposure on endocrine functions like sexual development and growth. The research team tested out both glyphosate alone and a formulated glyphsoate-based herbicide (Roundup Bioflow), administering […]
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The California chapter of the consumer-interest group U.S. PIRG recently tested 20 popular brands of beer and wine for glyphosate residues, and the report of their findings is attracting some attention. Ninety-five percent, or 19 out of 20, of the products sampled had measurable glyphosate, with concentrations ranging from trace amounts to 51 parts per […]
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Phosphorous is a key nutrient promoting plant growth, and a standard ingredient in many fertilizer blends. But if too much phosphorous ends up in the region’s watershed, it can wreck havoc on wetlands, streams, and lakes, causing harmful algae blooms (like the extreme cyanobacteria algae blooms in Lake Erie last year) and depletion of dissolved […]
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IARC vs. EPA Genotoxicity Paper “How did the U.S. EPA and IARC reach diametrically opposed conclusions on the genotoxicity of glyphosate-based herbicides?“, Environmental Sciences Europe, January 15, 2019, DOI: 10.1186/s12302-018-0184-7. By: Charles Benbrook, PhD Access paper (free) Access Supplemental Tables Access Editorial Statement “Some food for thought – A short comment on Charles Benbrook’s paper […]
