Glyphosate is the Most Used Agricultural Chemical Ever
Glyphosate Detected in 80% of U.S. Urine Samples
- ‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples – The Guardian
- Glyphosate Found in More than 80% of U.S. Urine Samples – EcoWatch
- Herbicide chemical linked to cancer found in majority of urine samples in CDC study – The Hill
- Renewed Calls to Ban Glyphosate After Toxic Herbicide Found in 80% of US Urine Samples – Common Dreams
- Toxic weed killer found in most people’s urine, study finds – New York Post
- Weed killer believed to cause cancer found in most Americans’ urine, CDC study shows – Deseret News
- Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine samples – CBS News
- Weedkiller chemical glyphosate is found in 80 percent of Americans’ urine – Salon.com
Glyphosate Detected in 87%-98% of Children Tested
500% Increase in Exposure to Glyphosate
- Human Exposure to Glyphosate Has Skyrocketed 500% Since Introduction of GMO Crops – EcoWatch
- Study finds 500% rise in weedkiller in human urine – RNZ News
- Study Finds Surge in Exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup Over Past Two Decades – Environmental Working Group
- We May Be Consuming More Glyphosate Than Ever Before – Consumer Reports
- Weed Killer Roundup Is Increasingly Showing Up in People – Time
Food Contaminated with Glyphosate
- Dozens more breakfast foods test positive for trace amounts of weed killer, report says – CNN
- New report alleges ‘mass contamination’ of foods from use of glyphosate to dry crops – Food Navigator
- Popular breakfast foods contain active ingredient found in Roundup weed killer, study finds – Fox News
- The weedkiller in our food is killing us – Erin Brockovich – The Guardian
Cereals and Oats
- An environmental watchdog found traces of weed-killer in Cheerios and Nature Valley products. Here’s how worried you should be. – Insider
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Breakfast cereal still contains levels of the Roundup chemical, study finds – CBS News
- Cancer-Causing Ingredient in Roundup Weedkiller Found in Cheerios, Nature Valley Products – US News
- Cheerios, Nature Valley cereals contain Roundup ingredient, study finds – CBS News
- Florida Resident Sues General Mills Over Carcinogenic Glyphosate Herbicide in Cheerios – Phillip Schneider
- Many breakfast cereals still contaminated by weed killer, report says – CNN
- Popular breakfast foods contain active ingredient found in Roundup weed killer, study finds – Fox News
- Report Finds Traces of a Controversial Herbicide in Cheerios and Quaker Oats – The New York Times
- Study: 21 popular cereals found to have cancer-linked Roundup ingredient – AOL
- The weed-killing chemical involved in a Monsanto lawsuit was found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats products. Here’s how worried you should be. – Insider
- Unsafe levels of glyphosate weed killer chemical in oat products, report says – CNN
- Your wholesome breakfast of oats may include weedkiller – Quartz
- Weedkiller found in granola and crackers, internal FDA emails show – The Guardian
- What you need to know about the cancer-linked chemical weed killer found in Cheerios – CBS News
Marketed to Children
- In New Round of Tests, Monsanto’s Weedkiller Still Contaminates Foods Marketed to Children – Environmental Working Group
- Roundup for Breakfast, Part 2: In New Tests, Weed Killer Found in All Kids’ Cereals Sampled – Environmental Working Group
- Roundup ingredient found in cereals marketed toward kids: study – The Hill
- Weedkiller found in wide range of breakfast foods aimed at children – The Guardian
- Weed-killing chemical linked to cancer found in dozens of popular children’s cereals – The Independent
- Weed-killing chemical linked to cancer found in some children’s breakfast foods – CBS News
- What Is Glyphosate? Weed Killing Chemical Found In Children’s Breakfast Foods – Newsweek
Wine and Beer
- Consumer watchdog finds traces of Roundup weed killer in beer and wine – CBS News
- German Beer Industry in Shock over Glyphosate Contamination – Sustainable Pulse
- German beer purity in question after environment group finds weed-killer traces – Reuters
- Glyphosate Found in 100% of California Wines Tested – Natural Society
- Glyphosate found in 100% of wines tested in California-Reason for concern? – Genetic Literacy Project
- Glyphosate Found in 100% of California Wine Tested, Even Organic – Return to Now
- Glyphosate found in California wines, even the organic ones – Digital Journal
- Monsanto’s Glyphosate Found in California Wines, Even Wines Made With Organic Grapes – EcoWatch
- The weed-killing chemical in a Monsanto lawsuit was found in beer and wine. Here’s how worried you should be. – Insider
- Traces of weed killer linked to cancer found in 95% of wine and beer – The Independent
- Weed killer in your wine, beer? That’s what a new U.S. PIRG study says – USA Today
Public Parks – Children’s Playgrounds – Schools
- Glyphosate is a ‘probably carcinogenic’ herbicide. Why do cities still use it? – The Guardian
- Is Roundup Sprayed at Your Local Park? – EcoWatch
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Monsanto’s Glyphosate Blankets GMO Crops Near Schools – Environmental Working Group
- Roundup at Recess? How to Get Cancer-Causing Pesticides Off Your Local Playground – Environmental Working Group
“The Monsanto Papers”
“The Monsanto Papers”
- Emails Reveal Monsanto’s Tactics To Defend Glyphosate, Chemical In Roundup, Against Cancer Fears – NPR
- In ‘The Monsanto Papers,’ Carey Gillam Goes Deep On Roundup Legal Battles – NPR
- Monsanto Papers – Declassified Secret Documents – WisnerBaum
- Monsanto Papers – European Press Prize
- Monsanto Papers Reveal Company Covered Up Cancer Concerns – DER SPIEGEL
- Monsanto Papers – U.S. Right to Know
- Monsanto Papers – Reporting and Analysis- Monsanto Trials – U.S. Right to Know
- Operation poisoning: Monsanto networks in infographics – Le Monde
Flawed Studies
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Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds – The Guardian
- Emails Reveal Science Publisher Found Papers On Herbicide Safety Should Be Retracted Due to Monsanto Meddling – U.S. Right to Know
Ghostwriting Papers
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Essay – Monsanto’s ghostwriting and strong-arming threaten sound science—and society – EHN
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Monsanto Was Its Own Ghostwriter for Some Safety Reviews – Bloomberg
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Carey Gillam and Nathan Donley: A story behind the Monsanto cancer trial — journal sits on retraction. What “ghostwriting” by Monsanto means, how it has influenced, and still is influencing, material found in peer-reviewed scientific journals – EHN
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Plaintiffs in U.S. lawsuit say Monsanto ghostwrote Roundup studies – Reuters
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Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents – The New York Times
Google Censorship
Ignoring Data
- Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer? – The Nation
- Monsanto accused of ignoring relevant scientific data on glyphosate – POLITICO
Manipulating Journalists and Academics
- Court documents reveal Monsanto’s efforts to fight glyphosate’s ‘severe stigma’ – CBC News
- Emails Reveal Monsanto’s Tactics To Defend Glyphosate, Chemical In Roundup, Against Cancer Fears – NPR
- How Monsanto manipulates journalists and academics – The Guardian
- How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical – Democracy Now!
- Emails Show Monsanto Orchestrated GOP Effort to Intimidate Cancer Researchers – The Intercept
- Monsanto Emails Raise Issue of Influencing Research on Roundup Weed Killer – The New York Times
- Monsanto Spin Doctors Target Cancer Scientist In Flawed Reuters Story – HuffPost
- New Monsanto documents expose cozy connection to Reuters reporter – U.S. Right to Know
- Reuters vs. UN Cancer Agency- Are Corporate Ties Influencing Science Coverage? – FAIR
- Revealed: how Monsanto’s ‘intelligence center’ targeted journalists and activists – The Guardian
- The arsenal deployed by Monsanto against its detractors, including journalists – Le Monde
Hiring a Troll Army to Silence Dissent
- Monsanto Accused of Hiring Army of Trolls to Silence Online Dissent – Court Papers – RT
- Monsanto caught running massive “troll farm” – The Crazz Files
- Monsanto caught running massive “troll farm” to maliciously smear the Food Babe, Health Ranger, Jeffrey Smith and anyone questioning the fake science behind GMOs – Monsanto News
- Monsanto Employing Troll Army To Silence Online Dissent? – The Corbett Report
- Monsanto Hires Internet Trolls to Cover Up Roundup’s Cancer Risk – EcoWatch
EPA Colluded with Monsanto to Cover Up Cancer Link
- Analysis: EPA Ignored Scientific Research Showing Monsanto’s Glyphosate Causes Cancer – Environmental Working Group
- Collusion or Coincidence Records Show EPA Slowed Glyphosate Review in Coordination With Monsanto – EcoWatch
- EPA Colluded with Monsanto to Slow Safety Review of Glyphosate – Organic Authority
- EPA deputy accused of working with Monsanto to kill cancer study – St. Louis Post Dispatch
- EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study – Bloomberg
- EPA Official Allegedly Aided Monsanto in Fight Against Roundup Cancer Study – Insurance Journal
- Just Released Docs Show Monsanto ‘Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data’ – EcoWatch
- Monsanto and the EPA have been lying to us for years about Roundup – The Hill
- Monsanto’s EPA-Manipulating Tactics Revealed in $289 Million Case – Rolling Stone
- Patients: Roundup gave us cancer as EPA official helped the company – CNN
- The EPA is meant to protect us. The Monsanto trials suggest it isn’t doing that – The Guardian
Cancer
- A potentially cancer-causing chemical is sprayed on much of America’s farmland. Here is where it is used the most. – NBC News
- Common weed killer glyphosate increases cancer risk by 41%, study says – CNN
- Concerns over council’s use of weedkiller linked to cancer – Stourbridge News
- People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine – study – The Guardian
- Weedkiller chemical increases the risk of cancer ‘by up to 41 per cent’, study finds after US gardener’s £225million lawsuit – Daily Mail
Hid Risks, Bullied Scientists
WHO: “Probably Causes Cancer”
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Herbicide chemical glyphosate ‘probably carcinogenic,’ WHO agency finds – CBC News
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In glyphosate review, WHO cancer agency edited out “non-carcinogenic” findings – Reuters Investigates
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WHO: Long-cleared Roundup ingredient ‘probably’ causes cancer – PBS News Weekend
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WHO Report Links Weed Killer Ingredient to Cancer Risk – NBC News
Children Exposed Have Increased Risk of Disesae as Adults
Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemic
- Monsanto’s Herbicide Linked to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic- Could It Topple the Company? – Truthout
- Popular Herbicide Ingredient Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemic in Sri Lanka – Technology Networks
- Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease – Phys
- Roundup Ingredient Connected to Epidemic Levels of Chronic Kidney Disease – Duke Pratt School of Engineering
- The Mysterious Kidney Epidemic: Scientists Discover Surprising Potential Source – SciTechDaily
Liver Disease
- Glyphosate Exposure Associated with Liver and Metabolic Disorders in Children, Young Adults – Beyond Pesticides
- It’s in the Weeds: Herbicide Linked to Human Liver Disease. Exposure to glyphosate, the primary ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, correlates to more severe cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease – UC San Diego Health
- Roundup, the World’s Favorite Weed Killer, Linked to Liver, Metabolic Diseases in Kids – Inside Climate News
- The weed-killing chemical at the heart of a $2 billion lawsuit may be linked to damaging fatty liver disease in humans – Insider
Gut Microbiome
- Even at ‘Safe’ Levels, Glyphosate Disrupts Immune Function, New Study Suggests – Children’s Health Defense
- Glyphosate Exposure Could Disrupt Human Gut Microbiome – Forbes
- Glyphosate may affect human gut microbiota – University of Turku
- Glyphosate may affect human gut microbiota – Phys
- Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome ‘at safe levels’, study claims – The Guardian
- Research Shows Adverse Impacts of Glyphosate on the Human Gut Microbiome – Beyond Pesticides
Trade Secret “Inert” Ingredients are more Toxic than Active Ingredient
Bees
- Bee Alert: Is a Controversial Herbicide Harming Honeybees? – Yale E360
- Bees exposed to common weedkiller via wildflower nectar – ScienceDaily
- Common weed killer—believed harmless to animals—may be harming bees worldwide. Glyphosate appears to alter the bacteria in the insect’s guts, making them more vulnerable to infection – Science AAAS
- Glyphosate disrupts honey bee gut bacteria – Chemical & Engineering News
- Glyphosate may be killing bees – DW
- Glyphosate weedkiller damages wild bee colonies, study reveals – The Guardian
- Honey bees are dying. A popular weed killer might be to blame, study says – USA Today
- Monsanto’s global weedkiller harms honeybees, research finds. Glyphosate – the most used pesticide ever – damages the good bacteria in honeybee guts, making them more prone to deadly infections – The Guardian
Maps
Academic Papers
500% Increase in Exposure
Antibiotic Resistance
- Glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) induce phenotypic imipenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Scientific Reports
- Herbicide Selection Promotes Antibiotic Resistance in Soil Microbiomes – Molecular Biology and Evolution – Oxford Academic
- Sublethal Exposure to Commercial Formulations of the Herbicides Dicamba, 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, and Glyphosate Cause Changes in Antibiotic Susceptibility in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium – ASM Journals
- Role of glyphosate in the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy – Oxford Academic
Autism
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Maternal glyphosate exposure causes autism-like behaviors in offspring through increased expression of soluble epoxide hydrolase – PNAS
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Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children population based case-control study – The BMJ
Bioaccumulation
Bees
- Effects of sublethal doses of glyphosate on honeybee navigation – Journal of Experimental Biology
- Glyphosate impairs collective thermoregulation in bumblebees – Science
- Glyphosate induces immune dysregulation in honey bees – Animal Microbiome
- Glyphosate perturbs the gut microbiota of honey bees – PMC
- Is glyphosate toxic to bees? A meta-analytical review – Sci-Hub.se
- The Herbicide Glyphosate Negatively Affects Midgut Bacterial Communities and Survival of Honey Bee during Larvae Reared in Vitro – Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry – Sci-Hub.se
Cancer
- A comprehensive analysis of the animal carcinogenicity data for glyphosate from chronic exposure rodent carcinogenicity studies- Environmental Health
- Carcinogenicity of tetrachlorvinphos, parathion, malathion, diazinon, and glyphosate – The Lancet Oncology
- Glyphosate exposure and urinary oxidative stress biomarkers in the Agricultural Health Study – JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute – Oxford Academic
Celiac Disease / Gluten
Chronic Kidney Disease
Endocrine Disruptors
EPA
Gut Microbiome
- Glyphosate and its formulations Roundup Bioflow and RangerPro alter bacterial and fungal community composition in the rat caecum microbiome – Frontiers
- Low-dose exposure of glyphosate-based herbicides disrupt the urine metabolome and its interaction with gut microbiota – Scientific Reports
- Low-dose glyphosate exposure alters gut microbiota composition and modulates gut homeostasis – ScienceDirect
- Glyphosate based- herbicide exposure affects gut microbiota, anxiety and depression-like behaviors in mice – ScienceDirect
Liver Disease
- Association of Lifetime Exposure to Glyphosate and Aminomethylphosphonic Acid (AMPA) with Liver Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome at Young Adulthood: Findings from the CHAMACOS Study – Environmental Health Perspectives
- Glyphosate Excretion is Associated With Steatohepatitis and Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Fatty Liver Disease – Science Direct
Male Reproductive Development
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Surfactant
Research Misconduct