CA EPA Considers Labeling Glyphosate ( Roundup) a Carcinogen
From reporter Carey Gilliam at Reuter's:
The “notice of intent” envisions placing Glyphosate within 30 days to the list of chemicals that are known to cause cancer, classification of which falls under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, or the Proposition 65. Under the Act any chemicals that threatens human life require a businesses to provide a "clear and reasonable" warning label before exposing individuals to a chemical on the list.
In March the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as being “probably” carcinogenic to humans forcing the agrochemical giant Monsanto to furiously reject the conclusions.
READ MORE: Key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup found 'safe' despite WHO claims – report
Glyphosate, which was invented by Monsanto back in 1974, is a broad-spectrum herbicide used to kill weeds, especially annual broadleaf weeds and grasses known to compete with commercial crops.
To read the rest of her article go here: https://www.rt.com/usa/314544-california-epa-glyphosate-carcinogenic/
To comment on this law change and encourage them to classify glyphosate as a carcinogen, please contact the following:
Written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, octubre 5, 2015 to be considered. We encourage you to submit comments in electronic form, rather than in paper form. Comments transmitted by e‑mail should be addressed to P65Public.Comments@oehha.ca.gov, and should include “NOIL” and the chemical name in the subject line. Comments submitted in paper form may be mailed, faxed, or delivered in person to the address below.
Mailing Address: Ms. Esther Barajas-Ochoa
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
P.O. Box 4010, MS-19B
Sacramento, California 95812-4010
Fax: (916) 323-2265
Street Address: 1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Comments received during the public comment period will be posted on the OEHHA web site after the close of the comment period.
If you have any questions, please contact Esther Barajas-Ochoa at [email protected] or at (916)445-6900.
More info:
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/CRNR_notices/admin_listing/intent_to_list/090415LCset27.html
At Moms Across America we are thrilled that the CA EPA is considering taking the lead in acknowledging the harm that glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world, is causing to our residents. California has the most toxic water in America, besides Hawaii, as stated in a recent water report due to chemical farming. We wish our federal EPA would also have the courage to acknowledge the harm from glyphosate and take action.
We want to take a moment to acknowledge the dedicated people at the CA Guild who worked with the Environmental Working Group to propose this classification. It is the courage and commitment of citizens like them who can literally change the world, one state, one country at a time. It is not easy, it is not popular and it is not well paid...but the generosity of these people prevails and we THANK YOU so much!
We also want to thank all the supporters who sent in their tap water, urine and breast milk to test for glyphosate and raise awareness. You can still get your water and urine tested for glyphosate (and soon breast milk) at www.momsacrossamerica.com/action. Please get tested if you can. These new tests are deemed valid by the EPA and will make a huge difference for our cause.
We also ask the federal EPA- if you acknowledge that glyphosate is a "reproductive effector" and "causes liver and kidney damage" on your fact sheet and now a "probable carcinogen" as stated by the World Health Organization, why would you allow glyphosate on our food at all?
Why not protect the people and revoke the license and ban glyphosate from sale or use?
Could it be that our government regulatory agencies feel pressured by the chemical companies?
Does the EPA think the few hundred lawyers who work for Monsanto are more important than the millions of mothers, fathers, children and babies who are sick in America today from toxic exposure?
Does the EPA think that the pressure of the chemical companies is more formidable than the grief from a lost loved one?
1 out of 2 males and 1 out of 3 females are EXPECTED to get cancer today in America. This is NOT normal. This is caused by environmental toxins and we MUST Take action to reduce the exposure of our communities to toxic chemicals.
1 out of 2 children in America have a chronic illness such as autism, asthma, auto immune disorders, allergies, diabetes or obesity. Many of these illnesses are accompanied by inflammation which can lead to cancer and many studies point to glyphosate as a major contributing factor. Glyphosate is allowed on 160 of our foods by the EPA at levels FAR above what has been shown to destroy gut bacteria and promote pathogenic gut bacteria, which leads not only to leaky gut and a weakened immune system, but to the gut brain connection signaling the brain to create excitotoxins, which cause neurotoxicity. This is where erratic behavior, memory loss, loss of IQ tics and stammering in autistic children or adults with dementia appear. Dementia is now affecting adults in their 40's and 50's. Toxins are destroying the potential of America.
The fact is that our children and loved ones are the collateral damage for a war on bugs and weeds that was fabricated by the chemical companies for profit. Our farmers have farmed for thousands of years before GMOs, without cancer causing chemicals, and they can and are in many cases, farming even better now. Organic and bio dynamic food is more nutritious, better tasting, has less synthetic chemicals if not none, and has a greater yield. See the Rodale Institute 30 year report for more info. We have faith in our farmers! They are ingenious, they can farm as they have for thousands of years, without toxic chemicals.
So yes, while glyphosate is being permitted on our food, which is completely unacceptable, LABEL IT DANGEROUS. Within two weeks labels can be printed and applied. But within 2 months, recalls should be enacted and these products should be removed from the shelves. The spraying of glyphosate as a desiccant and on our food crops should be stopped immediately. The fact is that the longer we allow glyphosate and toxic chemicals to be sprayed on our food, the more we destroy the microbes and nutrients in the soil, promote drought and loss of top soil, reduce the nutritional content in our food, weaken the immune system and impact the health of Americans and diminish the prosperity of our country.
Our farmers have already found alternatives. Look up http://growbetterfood.com/john-kempf/.
We, as families and as a country, cannot afford glyphosate. We cannot afford chemical farming.
Our families are priceless. Our country is priceless.
Let's treat it with honor and respect and stop chemical farming altogether.
The EPA: Do not sell the health and future of America to the most intimidating chemical company.
Be strong, stand your ground, do your job, protect the American people.
Gracias.
Zen honeycutt
Manifestación internacional contra los OMG y el control empresarial en Zúrich
agosto 22, 2015 Zúrich, Suiza
Organizado por Public Eye on Science
Asistieron: Multi Watch of Basel, GenTechFrei, STOPOGM.ch, biorespect, uniterre, SAG, Integrale Politik, Garten fur alle, Permakultur Schweiz, Aktive schweiz, Longomai, Moms Across America.
Ponentes: Zen Honeycutt, Monika Krueger, Arnaud Apoteker, Walter Haefeker, Josef Hopplicher, Eva Gelinsky, Ruth Tippe, Ulrike Minkner, Olivia Jost y Ueli Gahler, Udo Schilling, Gottfried Glockner, Anner Marie Volling.
Fue un sábado soleado en Suiza. Comenzamos con un libro de cuentos en un pintoresco valle agrícola al este de Zúrich con una camioneta llena de oradores y activistas. Condujimos durante casi una hora hasta las afueras de Zúrich para comenzar el mitin en una típica plaza arbolada. A la manifestación se le había negado el acceso al centro de Zúrich y una reunión en el centro de investigación. Sin embargo, eso no los detuvo. Nuestro anfitrión Urs Hannes, un ganadero con los pies en la tierra, fue un activista y granjero infame en su región. Hace unos años se dio cuenta de que sus compañeros granjeros estaban muriendo poco después de las vacunas. Se negó a vacunar a sus terneros y resultó en un enfrentamiento entre él y el gobierno que reunió a granjeros de todas partes. Por primera vez en la historia se dejaron de lado las diferencias entre los diferentes tipos de agricultores, agricultores de montaña y de valle, convencionales y ecológicos, pobres y ricos, ganaderos, caprinos y ovinos, todos se unieron para luchar contra la vacunación obligatoria de sus animales. Urs y los agricultores ganaron la posibilidad de optar por no participar. He aquí, sus animales no murieron de la enfermedad que el gobierno proclamó que acabaría con su ganado. Urs fue imparable en su stand por sus animales y estoy bastante seguro de que por eso se relacionó con mi discurso cuando me vio hablar en Denver Colorado en la Conferencia Seeds of Doubt.
Cuando Nadia Negro, una simpatizante de Moms across America, escuchó a Urs haciéndome preguntas en la conferencia de Denver, reconoció su acento y le dijo en suizo alemán: "Tenemos que hablar". Se estaba mudando de regreso a su tierra natal, Suiza, y dijo: "Quiero seguir, tenemos que hacer algo". Ella también fue imparable. Así que los dos se reunieron en Suiza y organizaron un evento para mí y varios oradores internacionales para dirigirse a sus ciudadanos en una manifestación contra el control corporativo y la siembra de prueba de papas transgénicas en su región.
Vea el resumen de la marcha en 20 minutos aquí o lea la cuenta a continuación.
http://www.momsacrossamerica.com/live_signup
Esto puede sonar como un rally más, pero realmente fue extraordinario en muchos niveles.
First, Switzerland does not cultivate GMO crops, it does not import or feed their livestock GMOs and they do not allow them in their food, made locally or imported. GMOs are not a part of their daily life. To ask anyone to protest against something which is not impacting them, and to have nearly 1000 people show up, is true dedication and I must say, sheer brilliance on everyone's part.
En segundo lugar, la parcela de prueba era simplemente unos pocos cientos de pies de un campo de patatas cercado, algo que la mayoría de la gente ni siquiera parpadearía. No aparecerá en las noticias, no fue plantado cerca de una escuela o iglesia. Parece inofensivo. Tener tanta gente marchando desde las afueras de la ciudad a través de Zurich y de regreso a través de un pequeño pueblo a este campo de papas durante un día entero, es solo una hazaña de dedicación, que odio decir, la mayoría de los estadounidenses ni siquiera se imaginarían.
Third, the moratorium preventing GMOs from being grown for industry in the EU will expire in 2017. That's nearly two years from now. Not next week. Nearly two years. Most people don't plan a month out, never mind plan a protest for something which will not truly impact them for another 2 years. The organizers, Urs and Nadia and their families and friends are truly dedicated people and get that political pressure must remain strong now and the public must be the ones to speak up.
Todos los que se presentaron y marcharon bajo el sol brillante, repartieron volantes, cantaron, cantaron y bailaron por las carreteras de Zúrich y pequeños pueblos durante horas, son personas verdaderamente extraordinarias. Estuve sonriendo de oreja a oreja todo el día cuando no estaba medio dormido por el desfase horario. Hablé con todos los que pude y los amé de inmediato. Los amo a todos.
También amo a Estados Unidos y, sin embargo, estar en Suiza y ver la dedicación de los activistas me hace pensar ... como lo hizo uno de los espectadores que me preguntó: "¿Por qué los estadounidenses no están haciendo más al respecto? ¿Por qué los dejan plantar? ¿OGM en todas partes? ¿Por qué no hacen algo? "
Estrujé mi cerebro.
Me acordé del artículo que vi publicado en Facebook hace unos días donde una persona sugirió que el fluoruro en nuestra agua podría estar relacionado con la complacencia. Se puso en el agua de los campos de prisioneros, decía el artículo, e hizo a los prisioneros dóciles, complacientes y más fáciles de manejar. Tal teoría de la conspiración suena ridícula, pero uno debe preguntarse ... ¿por qué hay fluoruro en nuestra agua si los estudios de la Universidad de Harvard han descubierto que es una neuro toxina? ¿Podría estar volviéndonos más complacientes? ¿Por qué los estadounidenses no son más activos y evitan que los OGM y los pesticidas contaminen nuestro país y dañen a nuestros niños? ¿Por qué no le importa al público estadounidense?
I told the man that unfortunately I did not find out about GMOs until 4 years ago, I fed my children GMOs for 9 years. I ate them for 17. The mainstream media does not tell us about them. The only reason I realized GMOs were harmful is because I had children who were sick and so I researched. Most Americans don't know and the ones that are not sick don't care. They don't have reason to. The ones who do know now however, are doing something. We just are not activists in the same way Europeans are. It's not a part of our culture the way it is here, I said. But it all sounded like excuses and not a real answer. The fact is, I don't know. Do you? Why don't you protest what is happening if you don't? If you do what reasons do you hear from friends that won't join you? What do you think we can do to impact this?
Todavía lucho con esto. Conozco a miles de activistas y simpatizantes ahora que se preocupan y hacen esfuerzos extraordinarios para crear conciencia. Estoy animado y enamorado de ellos. El interruptor se ha encendido para ellos y no hay forma de apagarlo. Me pregunto todos los días cómo podemos encender a más personas. ¿Cómo podemos concienciar a millones para que se den cuenta de lo que está sucediendo y se vean obligados a hacer todo lo que puedan? Mi única respuesta por ahora es empoderamiento y amor.
Este diseño de banner tiene 15 años. Suiza ha mantenido los OGM fuera durante 15 años.
Entonces, ese sábado soleado, mientras estaba en el nivel superior del autobús de dos pisos destripado que estaba adornado con pancartas y equipado con parlantes y un generador ruidoso, comencé con empoderamiento y amor.
Haga clic aquí para ver mi discurso.
After the speech I was approached by many wonderfully kind and dear people. They looked me in the eyes and thanked me in such a heart felt way I had tears in my eyes. I realize in these moments how much I love people. This is a challenging thing to do sometimes. I am wracked with feeling of betrayal, fear, anger, resentment and doubt as much as anyone else, even more sometimes, I think because I am sent so many scientific studies and testimonials from people who have been harmed, but the people I meet doing this work inspire me forevermore. Monsanto, Syngenta, Dow, Dupont, Bayer, and BASF have nothing, zero, zilch, nyente, nothing on the love and dedication of the compassionate people in the world. All the money in the world cannot stop humans from protecting their loved ones.
Monika Krueger, científica alemana y yo tomamos un descanso de la seriedad para reír.
Monika Kruger luego habló en alemán sobre su hallazgo de glifosato en la orina, los músculos del ganado y el impacto en su salud intestinal. Un hombre encantador, Hopplicher, que solo podría describir como Winnie the Pooh en la forma de un Bee Keeper, traducido para mí. Habló del microbioma en el intestino y cómo podemos restaurarlo con ácido húmico, jugo de saurkraut y zeolito. Estaba tan emocionado de volver a verla después de nuestro primer encuentro en China hace un año. Urs me dijo que cuando le pidió que asistiera, si podía estar allí, ella dijo: "Bueno, no es cuestión de que pueda, NECESITO estar allí". Eso es lo que quiero decir con obligado. Dedicación. Amor.
Los ponentes de Austria, Francia, Alemania, Suiza y Estados Unidos.
Nos reunimos y comenzamos a marchar hacia el siguiente punto al otro lado de la ciudad. Cuando aparecieron las pancartas y la música, una pista animada, increíblemente genial de música alemana y francesa resonó para que todos la escucharan. Solo tenías que hacer rebotar la cabeza y moverte. Me quedé totalmente impresionado con el MC, un joven de unos veinte años, que creó un equilibrio perfecto de cánticos con música estridente. Él y otros dos jóvenes subieron y bajaron del autobús de dos pisos donde yo estaba sentado, mientras cambiaban la música y dirigían los cánticos. Todavía tengo los cánticos en mi cabeza aunque no entiendo el idioma. Todo lo que sé es que todos dijeron no a los transgénicos y al control corporativo. Muchos mencionaron a Syngenta, que es el mayor productor mundial de pesticidas y tiene su sede en Basilea, Suiza. También puede ser el nuevo hogar de Monsanto, (¡NOOOO! SUIZA POR FAVOR MANTENGA A MONSANTO FUERA!) Si tienen éxito en encontrar una empresa para comprar y convertirse en un refugio de exención de impuestos. Puede que vuelva bastante a Suiza.
Después de casi una hora de desfilar por la ciudad, durante la cual tomé fotos y videos cortos constantemente porque todos eran geniales, nos detuvimos en una plaza con un parque sombreado. Los cuerpos cayeron en secciones sombreadas y las personas charlaron y conspiraron juntas. Me encantó ver a tantos conectarse. Varios oradores hablaron de semillas, abejas y el daño de los OGM. Estimados oradores de Francia, Alemania, Austria y Suiza hablaron apasionadamente y obtuvieron fuertes vítores y aplausos a pesar de que la mayoría de nosotros preferiríamos tomar una siesta. El fuego en el vientre de un activista puede mantenernos despiertos durante horas más allá de que nuestro cuerpo dice lo suficiente.
Después de los discursos, nos reunimos nuevamente. Esta vez caminamos hasta las afueras de Zurich, a un pueblo agrícola, a través de campos, pasando vacas y patos para detenernos en un gran campo adyacente a la parcela de prueba de papa transgénica. Los tractores se movieron en un patrón circular y las carpas que servían comida vegana ya estaban preparadas y esperándonos. La planificación de Urs y Nadia era típica de la reputación de Suiza, como un fino mecanismo de relojería.
El activista colocó algunas pancartas para enfrentar el campo de la parcela de prueba, para que los guardias de seguridad pudieran ver que estábamos allí. Varios intentaron caminar hacia los campos y la policía se acercó, hablando por sus walkie-talkies. El activista había imaginado tirar papas convencionales al campo con honda, para contaminar el cultivo como indudablemente lo harán sus cultivos transgénicos con los cultivos vecinos, pero la temporada de siembra y brotación había pasado. También habría tenido que ser una catapulta, ya que la parcela de prueba estaba al menos a un cuarto de milla de distancia. No, nos portamos, comimos, escuchamos más discursos, hablamos y maquinamos entre nosotros. Un hombre encantador me tradujo varios de los discursos y me impresionó la variedad de expertos que Urs y Nadia habían alineado.
When it was my time to close out the afternoon with one more speech about "How We Will Win", I had my doubts the crowd wanted to hear it, as they had listened to speeches for a few hours already. It had been a long day. But I launched into it and gave it all I had anyway. In the end though, just two paragraphs away from the end, the generator died. The mic went dead and the people a few hundred feet away in the huge field could not hear a word. I ended on the words, "We have faith in our farmers." And I decided that was a good way to end. For those who wish to read the whole speech, here it is. I wish everyone to be empowered to transform the world and create health and freedom, in this commitment I will NO be stopped and I will continue to share.
Segundo discurso, haga clic aquí.
¡Gracias a los organizadores de la manifestación internacional en Zurich!
El equipo de filmación de "Scientist Under Attack" filmó la demostración. Busque su nueva película sobre los transgénicos que saldrán en primavera y mire sus otras dos películas mientras tanto.
http://www.scientistsunderattack.com/ http://thefarmerandhisprince.com/
P.S. Note that I could eat whatever I wanted in Switzerland. The bread and cheese did not make me feel bloated, tired, cranky or give me digestive issues like the bread and cheese in the USA.
My boys could also eat the bread. They did not rash out, get irritable or wet the bed like some usually do when they eat wheat in the USA. This shows the sad state of our food in America. I attribute this primarily to the fact that glyphosate (Roundup) is sprayed on wheat and grains as a drying agent in the USA but not in most of Europe.
Bronson se llevó el pan a la mejilla y dijo: "Este pan es mágico".
-zen honeycutt
Se encuentra más resumen en la leche materna de mamá de EE. UU.
Moms Across America insta a las madres a amamantar a sus bebés. Es la oportunidad número uno para la nutrición necesaria, las bacterias buenas y el vínculo que un bebé puede recibir. También instamos a las madres embarazadas y madres lactantes a que coman lo más orgánico posible y eviten los OGM y los pesticidas tóxicos.
La organización sin fines de lucro del condado de Lancaster, libre de transgénicos, de Pennsylvania, anunció hoy que 1 de 12 madres sometidas a pruebas de glifosato a un nivel de detectabilidad de 75 ppb, encontraron en niveles altos el herbicida más popular del mundo: su leche materna.
Zoe Swartz, líder de Moms Across America East Coast, Directora Ejecutiva del Condado de Lancaster Libre de OGM y coordinadora de las pruebas, informó que 6 de 12 comió productos orgánicos. Jen, la madre cuyos niveles eran 91 ppb, no comía productos orgánicos. Jen trabajó en una granja y roció Roundup / glifosato en su granja mientras estaba embarazada, pensando que era seguro. Su bebé de 4 meses tiene cáncer de neuroblastoma. Esto es especialmente preocupante teniendo en cuenta que la Organización Mundial de la Salud ha considerado al glifosato un "carcinógeno probable" de la Clase 2. Por supuesto, no podemos saber si el glifosato está relacionado con el cáncer del bebé de Jen, pero estamos extremadamente preocupados. Los científicos que acaban de enterarse de esta información han comentado que es muy probable que el glifosato pueda haber causado el neuroblastoma de este bebé. Esto es desgarrador.
It is important to note that the other 11 mothers who tested negative at levels above 75 ppb, may have glyphosate in their breast milk. Testing of tap water found levels of glyphosate at .33 ppb and in urine, as high as 20 ppb. Glyphosate has been found in 70-100% of samples of soil, water and air. Glyphosate levels are allowed by the EPA on 160 of our food; 5 ppm is allowed on potatoes, 13 ppm on corn, 25 ppm on sugar and 40 ppm in oils. The method used for testing commissioned by GMO Free Lancaster County in PA could not detect below 75 ppb and further testing is being coordinated to get a more accurate reading of the contamination of glyphosate in the American people.
El glifosato es el ingrediente químico activo en Roundup y 750 otros productos herbicidas en todo el mundo. Es el herbicida más utilizado en el mundo, se usa en jardines, aceras, calles, patios escolares y se rocía directamente sobre alimentos OGM durante la temporada de crecimiento como un herbicida y alimentos no OGM como agente secante. Se ha demostrado que niveles de glifosato tan pequeños como. 1 ppb destruyen las bacterias intestinales y. 10 ppt para aumentar el crecimiento de las células de cáncer de mama. El glifosato ha sido vinculado, por científicos independientes, a numerosas enfermedades, incluyendo el linfoma no Hodgkin, el autismo, el Parkinson, la alteración endocrina, y se ha demostrado que causa la muerte de las células placentarias. El glifosato, una vez considerado seguro, está demostrando ser uno de los productos químicos más insidiosos y tóxicos que la humanidad haya producido, si no el más importante.
Se ha demostrado que el glifosato se mantiene viable en agua salada oscura durante 315 días. Nuestros úteros contienen agua oscura y salada.
También se ha demostrado que el glifosato mata los camarones blancos, que son del tamaño de un feto de seis semanas, a niveles superiores a 5.2 ppm.
25 ppm está permitido en el azúcar por la EPA, uno de los ingredientes más comúnmente consumidos en Estados Unidos. Actualmente tenemos la tasa más alta de infertilidad y defectos de nacimiento en la historia registrada y las muertes nacidas siguen aumentando. La posible correlación es aterradora. Las madres están indignadas de que no se haga nada para tomar precauciones. Los padres también están hablando.
El educador de abuelos y agricultores Howard Vlieger dijo que "el glifosato hará que el DDT parezca enjuague bucal".
El Dr. Don Huber, cuando habla de los efectos quelantes del glifosato, dice: "El glifosato quelata, o hace que no estén disponibles, los nutrientes vitales de cualquier ser vivo. Debilita el sistema inmunológico de la planta. Básicamente le da SIDA a la planta".
¿Cómo pueden nuestros bebés crecer y desarrollarse adecuadamente y protegerse del cáncer o enfermedades crónicas cuando están expuestos a este químico?
Monsanto, el principal productor de glifosato, afirmó que sus productos químicos; Los PCB, el DDT y el Agente Naranja estaban a salvo. Ahora también afirman que la leche materna está "libre de glifosato" a pesar de los hallazgos de Moms Across America, Sustainable Pulse y la leche materna alemana, y que el glifosato es seguro cuando se usa correctamente. Desafiarán estos hallazgos. Estamos de acuerdo en que los hallazgos más recientes, realizados con el mejor método posible disponible para los ciudadanos de la AP en ese momento, necesitan que la comunidad científica tome en serio la verificación de terceros. Nos preguntamos ¿POR QUÉ no ha hecho esto nuestra EPA? ¿Por qué un grupo de madres y una empresa química discuten la seguridad del herbicida más utilizado en el mundo? ¿Dónde están nuestros reguladores y líderes electos?
Para las madres que desean proteger a sus hijos, no es necesario realizar más pruebas. Si el glifosato se rocía sobre alimentos no orgánicos, y algún estudio muestra daños por el glifosato, elegimos tomar precauciones y evitar el glifosato al comer productos orgánicos independientemente de los niveles específicos de hallazgos en la leche materna. No debe haber ninguna cantidad de glifosato en nuestros cuerpos o en nuestra comida, nunca.
Instamos especialmente a las mujeres que planean quedar embarazadas, a las madres embarazadas y a las madres que están amamantando a que coman la mayor cantidad posible de alimentos orgánicos. La buena noticia es que los estudios han demostrado que el 90% de los pesticidas abandonan el cuerpo en 1 semana y el 100% en 2 semanas. Todos los estudios mencionados en este artículo se pueden encontrar en DATOS en nuestro sitio web. www.momsacrossamerica.com.
El informe de laboratorio estará disponible cuando los nombres se puedan omitir por privacidad. Los enlaces a este blog se agregarán lo antes posible.
El laboratorio que realizó la prueba fue Microbe Inotech y se utilizaron los mismos métodos que las pruebas de Moms Across America realizadas en 2014.
Esperamos que exija a las mujeres que conoce que descubran más sobre los OGM y el glifosato. ¡Gracias!
Zen honeycutt
Lab Responds to WSU/Monsanto Accusations of False Results
It is no small matter to accuse a scientific lab of falsifying results, especially when it comes to the contents of the most important food to infant human beings. Life is precious. The source of life, mother's breast milk, is not only a crucial nutrient, but it is a sacred and bonding act between mother and child, one which should feel wholesome, safe and loving. NO mother should ever be concerned about the contents of the food or breast milk she is giving her child, that it could hurt them somehow. It makes a mother feel anxious, unsafe and bewildered as to what to do.
Mamás en toda América tested glyphosate (Roundup) weedkiller in breast milk to explore the widespread contamination of this insidiously harmful chemical and spark further testing, with the intention of eliminating this chemical from our food chain and from breast milk and formula forever.
You can do that yourself by eating organic and avoiding toxic chemicals. 90% of pesticides have been shown to leave the body in 1 week, 100% in 2 weeks.
Many mothers do not know about Roundup being sprayed in the food however, so we strive to get the license of glyphosate revoked (the main ingredient in Roundup and 750 other herbicide products) so that no mother ever has to worry about glyphosate regardless of her awareness or economic sector. Healthy breast milk should not just be for the babies whose mothers happen to know about glyphosate and whose mothers can afford organic.
We hope, as unbelievable as the results are from our testing with the support of Sustainable Pulse in 2014, which showed levels of 76-166 ppm in 3 out of 10 mothers, levels up to 1600 X higher than is allowed in EU's drinking water, that you will take steps to eat organic and take action to support a ban or revoking of glyphosate from your HOA, community, farms and nation. 9 out of 10 of the mothers who sent n their samples stated that they were aware of GMOs and glyphosate and DID try to avoid them, so to find any levels of glyphosate at all, especially with the best detect-ability level at the time, 75ppb, was shocking. Soy baby formula has been found by Anthony Samsel to have levels of 170 ppb.
The recent WSU/Monsanto funded testing by Michelle McGuire in a Monsanto lab, with 41 samples, found American breast milk to be "glyphosate free". Considering the German breast milk positive findings and recent findings of glyphosate in 70-100% of soil, rain, stream water, urine and air, and additional findings in cereal, honey, soy sauce baby food and formula this is highly implausible. It is also a serious issue to call a scientific lab's work "wrong".
Below is Dr. Hemming's statement about the accusation of his lab's work:
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Surprise! Monsanto Says, "No Glyphosate in Breast Milk".
On julio 23, WSU posted the news that a Monsanto funded study by Michelle McGuire found "glyphosate free breast milk." The tests were conducted in Monsanto's lab.
I was not impressed. Nor was I very surprised.
E.G. Valliantos EPA whistleblower and author of "Poison Spring" has stated that he has seen stacks of photos of dead bees after testing with neonicotinoids and glyphosate. The chemical companies and the EPA KNEW of the harm caused by pesticides.They simply chose to protect the profits of their shareholders rather than take precautions for the health of our babies and humans.
We have every reason to question the results of tests conducted by the chemical company who said that DDT and Agent Orange were safe.
Michelle McGuire said, regarding the Moms Across America commissioned results "Moms Across America flat outright it wrong."
What do you think?
Below is our rebuttal to her article.
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Right or Wrong? Why the GMO Debate is Over for Me.
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. ”― Peter T. McIntyre
In the beginning I was not very confident to talk about GMOs and glyphosate. Surveys taken show that men need only be 20% sure of the facts before speaking about an issue and women need to be 85% sure. Because women are more likely to be shunned from their female community for being wrong (it's a safety issue), it's a primal instinct to stay quiet.
But then I considered the impact of either scenario. What if I (and not only I but many researchers and scientist with decades of experience) were right? Hundreds of millions needed to know in the USA ASAP. If I was wrong? Then the impact on them was only that they had switched to eating organic. Yes, it would be more expensive initially if they didn't buy bulk, whole foods and cook from scratch (it's actually cheaper that way) but they would only be eating organic food, the way food was created, whole perfect and complete. There is no negative impact on the health of human beings for eating perfect, organic food.
There is a harmful impact from eating GMOs and related pesticides. We consume foreign proteins which have slow but unpredictable consequences on our health. We consume greater amounts of pesticides. Much of the impact is unforeseeable, unpredictable, and uncontrollable. Moms don't do well with the unknown and their children. We would rather know or avoid the unknown harms. It's better to be safe than sorry. I have confidence in this decision.
There are great risks of harm we avoid by avoiding GMOs. GMO foreign proteins DNA could be altering our children's/our DNA, GMO genes could be silencing our genes and waking up rare diseases. GMO related toxic pesticides could be shutting down our immune system, making us more susceptible to cancer and illness, and breaking down our blood brain barrier, allowing toxins into the brain such as fire retardants on our kids pajamas and sofas, PCBs from pollution, BPAs from plastic, aluminum and mercury from flu shots and vaccines, chemicals from our carpets and cars, and formaldehyde off gassing from furniture. The impact of the foods genetically engineered to either BE a pesticide or to RESIST herbicides, increasing our consumption of toxic chemicals, have never shown to improve human health.
Organic food has been shown to be more nutritious, taste better, have much lower quantities of pesticides (and the toxic ones like glyphosate are not allowed), improves the quality of the soil over time and increases the soil's ability to retain water, decreasing drought. (Studies all on our DATA page)
So if I am wrong, the impact on people and the environment is still all right. I hope supporters are confident in sharing about the impact of GMOs and glyphosate, as a precautionary measure, to protect your friends and family. It's time for us to stand up and create the America WE want. It's time for people before profit.
To address the concerns of the opposition, the companies who profit from GMO and related pesticides:
There is a negative impact to the corporations making the GMOs and toxic pesticides whether I (and tens of thousands of doctors and scientists) are right o wrong about GMOs and related toxic pesticides and people eat organic instead of their products. They lose money.
Although corporations are not my concern, and I could just dismiss the impact on them as their problem, I understand it is reality that they are impacted by a movement of moms who buy 85% of the food, who are encouraging millions to not buy their products. My concern is the health and well being of the people and children, not the profits of the chemical companies. However, let's look at the reality for the chemical companies...If they do not face the reality of causing harm and only look at the reality of losing money, and they do not get innovative, then they will have to fire employees. The economy could be impacted if those employees do not get innovative find other jobs. This only happens however if they are not innovative.
Frustration is the mother of invention. Being stuck between a rock and a hard place is often the only time one will move.
Kodak went bankrupt because they sat on the technology for digital cameras for 20 years and did not act on it. They preferred to make money from their existing technology. They became extinct because they did not outdo themselves.
GMO technology is 20 years old, and their mainstay chemical glyphosate is over 40 years old now. That is not being innovative. It is also not ethically moral. To both make the toxic chemicals that are sprayed on our foods which make us (and the animals we eat) sick and then to make the pharmaceuticals which make us "better" is a perfect profit circle. Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto, Dupont...all make the pesticides and have sister companies, own or are partially owned by companies which make the pharmaceuticals.
Syngenta, the largest pesticide company in the world has a sister company called Astra Seneca which advertises allergy, heart, COPD,asthma and cancer drugs regularly on your favorite TV channels which will not report the news about the harm from GMOs and pesticides...surprise, surprise.
Bayer makes aspirin, as we all know, and it also make pesticides.
Dupont owns Danisco which sells the majority of probiotic cultures in the USA.
Monsanto which makes the majority of GMO seeds and owns Roundup (glyphosate) the world's most popular herbicide, is a spin off of Pharamcia, owned by Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world.
Capitalizing on the sickness you cause is morally and ethically reprehensible. It is wrong on so many levels that no amount of money can make it right. This is why the chemical companies need entire departments of paid staff to lie, slander and discredit one or two volunteer activists or unpaid independent scientists who devote their lives to truth. You have to pay people to be immoral. And the public can tell the difference. We know. The truth is free and creates freedom.
The entire system of chemical farming is morally bankrupt and will go bankrupt of they continue because it simply does not work for our health. Health comes first. Without a healthy society we do not have a healthy economy, military or position of world power.
No matter whether I (and millions of people) are right or wrong, chemical companies would benefit from setting aside the concept of chemical farming and focus instead on what the environment and the people need now. We need technology to clean water, to reduce toxins in the air and oceans. We need solar and wind power and a way to eliminate trash. We need batteries that last and furniture, clothes and cars that do not off gas toxic fumes. We need safe vaccines and cancer treatments that do not obliterate our immune system. We need health care that does not bankrupt families or doctors and a food system that provides organic food to the wealthy and poor no matter where they live. We need innovation now.
We need people who are confident to speak the truth, who are willing to take risks, to be wrong and look bad even, risking themselves for health and freedom.
At a recent expo, at speaker panels on various subjects, I got up and asked questions afterwards. At one panel, I was scolded by a fellow activist. He said "You looked foolish. You should have done your homework." I replied "I don't care if I looked foolish, or looked bad. It's not about me. I have a responsibility to bring information back to the moms in a way that is easy to understand. I need to understand it. If I don't get it, I am going to ask questions, I don't care if I look bad." The willingness to be wrong, look bad and foolish is microscopic compared to the love I have for my children and the future of our country. So yes, there will be times when I will mess up, make mistakes, say the wrong thing or do something inappropriate....I am confident however, that out of it will come a benefit for the greater purpose, for health and freedom. Nothing wrong can come from being love.My confidence comes from allowing love to be greater than my fear. Right or wrong...I love, and love protects.
I hope you will be fueled by your love. Take steps today, with confidence, to alter the future of America.
Host an event on www.momsacrossamerica.com. Get a code via email and pass out the free flyers. Be a speaker about GMOs. Host a speaker at your library. Ask your city council, school or HOA to discontinue the use of glyphosate and toxin based herbicides. March in a harvest parade this fall. Have a movie night. It's time to be the one to make a difference.
We need you.
¡Gracias!
Zen honeycutt
Mamás en toda América
Las mamás siguen marchando en 2015 desfiles del Día de la Independencia
El julio 4 2015 por tercer año consecutivo, las mamás y sus simpatizantes se unieron a los desfiles del 4 de julio en todo el país con pancartas de Moms Across America y repartieron folletos a los miles de vecinos que se alineaban en las calles. Las madres y familias voluntarias llegaron a miles de personas a nivel local y a millones a nivel nacional en un solo día.
We did this to raise awareness about GMOs and related toxic pesticides because we care about our communities and the future of our country. We did this to create a future of health and freedom. Salud by avoiding GMOs and toxic chemicals and Freedom to choose not to eat GMOs and toxic chemicals. Freedom also from the control of chemical company corporations such as Monsanto, Dow, Dupont, Syngenta, BASF and Bayer which are influencing our regulatory agencies and politicians to make laws which protect the chemical companies, not the people.
So we opt out of the system and eat organic, but it is not enough just for our own families to eat organic. Our children's future spouses are out there somewhere, most likely eating GMO foods. We know now about the studies showing rats which showed rats which ate GMOs, by the third generation were completely sterile. We know now about glyphosate( Roundup) which is sprayed on GMOs (and non non organic crops as a drying agent), has been shown to be an antibiotic (destroying immune system), a chelator (drawing out minerals needed to fight cancer) and an endocrine disruptor (birth defects and sterility). It has also been link to Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, liver and kidney disease and numerous behavioral and mental disorders such as Autism and Alzheimer's. This is NOT okay with us. We think America can do better and we demand it of our food companies and government. Until they do better we raise awareness to eliminate GMOs and toxic chemicals from our tables NOW, by growing, buying and eating organic.
¡Agradecemos a todos los maravillosos patrocinadores y partidarios de Moms Across America por su apoyo!
Las mamás publicaron 40 desfiles para marchar el sábado pasado y queremos tomarnos un momento para AGRADECER su apoyo recientemente o en el pasado.
¡Estamos muy agradecidos por ti! ¡¡¡¡Gracias, gracias, gracias!!!!
Gracias a ti:
- Las mamás voluntarias que se sienten abrumadas y estresadas se sienten apoyadas por usted y están encantadas con las cajas de materiales gratuitos por valor de cientos de dólares que han recibido. ¡GRACIAS!
- Se han repartido personalmente cientos de miles de folletos en todo el país y tenemos suministros para muchos miles más... llegando a millones de familiares y marcando una diferencia para las generaciones venideras.
- Más de 600 voluntarios y líderes han realizado eventos; desfiles, reuniones de mamás, series de oradores, noches de cine, etc., y hemos podido crear conciencia en 46 estados durante nuestros primeros dos años con su apoyo. Este tercer año ha mostrado un aumento en el apoyo, 85 oradores capacitados, un aumento en las ventas de alimentos orgánicos y no transgénicos y una caída en las ganancias de los fabricantes de alimentos y productos tóxicos.
Mire el video de Temple Terrace sobre su desfile y por qué las mamás marchan aquí:
- Con tu apoyo, llegamos a cientos de miles de personas a través de las redes sociales de forma gratuita cada semana/mes dependiendo de los eventos y a millones más a través de películas como COMPRADAS y documentales internacionales, que cambian vidas.
- With your support, we have been able to conduct glyphosate testing which has made a difference for our cause and instigate further studies and policy change. The EPA WILL include their own glyphosate /breast milk testing in their assessment of the glyphosate due out later this year. ¡Gracias!
- Con las donaciones de nuestros seguidores, hemos podido compartir nuestros testimonios y solicitudes con miles de accionistas de las mayores empresas de químicos tóxicos del mundo, de manera personal, apasionada y clara. Estamos siendo escuchados gracias a ti.
- Moms Across America ha podido difundir el estado de salud de nuestros niños y las esperanzas/soluciones que tenemos al resto del mundo con una filial global Moms Across the World, en Nueva Zelanda, Australia, China, África, Reino Unido y más.
- Su apoyo ha tocado las vidas de millones y alterará el futuro de Estados Unidos. ¡¡¡Muchas gracias!!!
Con abrazos del equipo de Moms Across America,
Zen CA, Zoe PA, Laurie WA, Anne MI, Jessica CA, Beth SC, Nanette WA, Amber VA, Natalie CA y Sherry WA.
¡Imágenes de algunos de los desfiles de todo el país, California, Texas, Washington, Carolina del Sur, Wisconsin, Michigan y más!
¡¡¡GRACIAS seguidores y patrocinadores por su compromiso!!!
Amor y abrazos,
Mamás en toda América
