Bayer to Stop Residential Sales of Glyphosate-Based Roundup by 2023
by Alex Robinson, July 29, 2021
As you read this article, do you see any sense of ethics or morality on the part of Bayer...or is it all about the money? — Ed.
The agrochemical giant plans to replace its controversial herbicide with products that don’t contain glyphosate.
After years of litigation and controversy, Bayer has said it will remove current versions of Roundup from store shelves by 2023.
The agrochemical giant announced it will replace its controversial herbicide with products that don’t contain glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup), but only for American consumers. Farmers will still have access to the glyphosate-based product.
Bayer made the announcement in an update to investors about how the company plans to handle thousands of outstanding lawsuits by plaintiffs who claim exposure to glyphosate caused their non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The company has maintained that the product is safe.
"This move is being made exclusively to manage litigation risk and not because of any safety concerns," the company said in the update. "As the vast majority of claims in the litigation come from Lawn & Garden market users, this action largely eliminates the primary source of future claims beyond an assumed latency period."
South Africa Descends to Chaos, as People Try to Find Food – Is This What Awaits the United States (and Rest of the World)?
by Brian Shilhavy, July 19, 2021
If you have not yet seen these reports out of South Africa, the country descended into chaos last week, with massive rioting and looting all across the country.
The South African president stated that this massive social unrest was "planned," and he deployed 25,000 troops from the military to restore order. (Source.)
Here are a couple of videos that show the devastation from the aftermath, and how many now face starvation as they try to find food.
This is not the Congo, or Sudan, but SOUTH AFRICA.
This can happen in America; in fact, we already saw it last summer with rioting and destruction in urban areas. Those riots were also organized and planned, and lasted much longer than the 1960s riots.
Eastern Arkansas faces potential 650,000 to 800,000 acres of dicamba damage
by Hannah Campbell, July 15, 2021
On Wednesday, Senator Ron Caldwell toured thousands of acres of crops damaged by dicamba. He is trying to get the Arkansas Agriculture Board to change spraying rules.
Dicamba is a herbicide used to kill pigweeds but can be very damaging if it’s transmitted from one crop to another.
Caldwell, along with Arkansas Department of Agriculture extension agents, traveled to Wynne, Forrest City, Marianna, Stuttgart, DeWitt, and Holly Grove, to hear from farmers.
There’s no official data yet.
However, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture is still accessing the damage, but they think anywhere from 650,000 to 800,000 acres of crops are damaged just in the eastern Arkansas areas they visited Wednesday.
Farmers agree that one person can devastate thousands of acres of crops.
‘Woka-Cola’: Ad Trolls Coke for Defending China, Giving Americans Diabetes
by Jennie Taer, July 16, 2021
Consumers’ Research, a consumer advocacy group, launched a series of advertisements Thursday calling out Coca-Cola’s "woke hypocrisy" for its reported defense of China and alleged health concerns associated with its sugary drinks.
Part of the campaign is a video adver- tisement satirizing a Coca-Cola commercial, which is set to music with lyrics like "Just drink Coke, the road to obesity" and "China is our labor supplier that drives our stock price even higher." The group also created a website, "alwayswokacola.com," to continue to expose the company.
In addition to promoting the video advertisement that will air in Atlanta and nationwide, Consumers’ Research says it plans to drive mobile billboards around Coca-Cola’s headquarters, the Coca-Cola museum, and the Georgia State Capitol for 28 days.
Want to Help Your Kids Be Smarter? Feed Them Organic Food, Researchers Say
by Beyond Pesticides, July 8, 2021
Research published in the journal Environmental Pollution found organic food consumption among children is associated with higher scores on tests measuring fluid intelligence and working memory.
Organic food consumption among children is associated with higher scores on tests measuring fluid intelligence and working memory, research published in the journal Environmental Pollution finds.
The study, conducted by Spanish researchers based at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, took an exposome approach to environmental exposures, looking at a totality of all environmental hazards that children encounter, rather than investigating individual lifestyle factors one by one.
As study co-author Jordi Júlvez, Ph.D., notes, "healthy diets, including organic diets, are richer than fast food diets in nutrients necessary for the brain, such as fatty acids, vitamins and antioxidants, which together may enhance cognitive function in childhood."
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The agrochemical giant plans to replace its controversial herbicide with products that don’t contain glyphosate.
On Wednesday, Senator Ron Caldwell toured thousands of acres of crops damaged by dicamba. He is trying to get the Arkansas Agriculture Board to change spraying rules.
Consumers’ Research, a consumer advocacy group, launched a series of advertisements Thursday calling out Coca-Cola’s "woke hypocrisy" for its reported defense of China and alleged health concerns associated with its sugary drinks.
Organic food consumption among children is associated with higher scores on tests measuring fluid intelligence and working memory, research published in the journal Environmental Pollution finds.
