Glyphosate, Most Widely Used Weed Killer, Still Isn’t Killing Weeds

Glyphosate, Most Widely Used Weed Killer, Still Isn’t Killing Weeds http://bit.ly/1VAB5yn   

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide, Roundup, is “the most widely applied pesticide worldwide.” Yet farmers report that glyphosate is failing to control weeds – so why is it still being used?

It’s no accident that Agent Orange and glyphosate, both produced by the multinational company Monsanto, have both been used in wars led by the United States. The long-term effects of Agent Orangein Vietnam are widely known – the effects of glyphosate in Colombia and other countries, not so much. Robert Bellé, a French scientist who investigated aerial spraying of glyphosate on some 1.5 million hectares in Colombia says:

“Formulated glyphosate is causing the early stages of cancerization.”

Was this chemical blend even meant to kill weeds? Midwestern farmers are seeing ‘super weeds’ grow past their high-water boots, and globally over 120 million hectares have had an increase in weed growth, not a decline. The weeds are resistant to glyphosate! Even when these chemicals kill weeds quickly, they are likely killing us in slow motion.

Monsanto and the pesticide industry claim that glyphosate is minimally toxic to humans, but research published in the journal Entropy strongly argues that mammals and fish are greatly harmed by this chemical.

Glyphosate Use Increasing Dramatically

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