Glyphosate
Exposure to Imidacloprid and Glyphosate: Effects on Vertebrates
Judy Hoy is a scientist, wildlife biologist, and educator, who taught elementary school for 12 years, rehabilitated wildlife for 50 years, continuously documented the birth defects that began occurring on wildlife in spring of 1995 and has co-authored several scientific papers on animals and plants. Specific birth defects are relatively high in prevalence on both wild and domestic animals, and even more concerning, on newborn children. Newborn children are approximately the same size as...
An Indigenous Woman Fights Back Against Monsanto and Wins
One person can make a difference! A 55-year-old native Mayan beekeeper, Leydy Pech, has won out against Monsanto in a grassroots effort to protect her precious bees from glyphosate poisoning. Mexico is the sixth largest honey-producing country in the world, and the indigenous communities are major producers of honey from the Mayan stingless bees native to the area. When her bees became threatened by Monsanto's pesticides used on neighboring GMO soy crops, Pech led a lawsuit against the Mexican...
Microbiome Health for Kids: The Effects of Pesticides in the Diet
The microbiome is finally being recognized and valued for its crucial role in creating and maintaining a robust immune system. We’ve all been inundated with information on how to best boost our immunity, so that if/when we become part of the population that contracts...
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
By Melissa Diane Smith At-A-Glance •Unlike industrial agriculture, regenerative agriculture improves the land rather than depletes it. •Regenerative agriculture uses practices that regenerate and revitalize the soil and the environment. •Regenerative agriculture...
It’s Time: A Children’s Environmental Health Bill of Rights
It’s Time: A Children’s Environmental Health Bill of Rights Globally, the health of our children is under assault. Chronic disease amongst our most vulnerable is rampant. The main drivers of this present health disaster are environmental toxicants. Californian...
Pesticide Regulation: We Can Do Better
GMOScience Editorial mini review on the recent publication: Novel strategies and new tools to curtail the health effects of pesticides; Benbrook C, et al. Environmental Health: volume 20, Article number: 87; 2021. Despite decades of research in the area of...
Episode 4: Emerging Infections in Children
The Monsanto Papers
Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice By Carey Gillam Island Press, March 2021 Press Release When global conglomerate Bayer AG paid $63 billion in 2018 to buy Monsanto Company, the deal was seen as a boost to Bayer’s wealth and power....