Thank you, Carol Marsh, for your recent letter in the Missoulian concerning Roundup sprayed in Missoula parks. The City Council needs to read the following concerning what Roundup in particular and pesticides in general do to people and especially to their children. Everything listed below should be front-page news!
Recently the World Health Organization issued a study declaring glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup) a human carcinogen. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) decision was reported in The Lancet Oncology, on Friday, March 20 (2015).
Another new study showed that Roundup causes antibiotic resistance in bacteria. “In the first study of its kind, research led by a team from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand showed that commonly used herbicides, including the world’s most used herbicide Roundup, can cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics. Nearly 2 million people die annually from antibiotic-resistant infections.”
A recent article, “GMO Science Deniers: Monsanto and the USDA,” points out that the excessive use of Roundup on Roundup Ready crops produced/bred a new generation of super-weeds, which require even more herbicide use.
And a recent new book, “Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA,” written by a former (1979-2004) employee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), documents the EPA’s “corruption and misuse of science and public trust.” According to author E.G. Vallianatos, the EPA allowed our lands and waters to be poisoned with more toxic chemicals, including glyphosate, than ever, while ignoring the consequences.
Another new book, by Steven Druker, “Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public”, exposes how the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ignored warnings by its own scientists in order to further the biotech industry’s agenda.
Judy Hoy
Stevensville
Gracene says
Montana DEQ, investigation division BLEW us off five times when we called to report our getting sprayed and POISONED us on Aug. 13, 2014..on the Clearwater river..not only did this AQUATIC ROUNDUP choke the life out of us..where we had to get away from the area..but it reduced bird population to zero…every time I called they’d ask for my info again..like they forgot they told me they’d get right back to me..what a crock!!! Why don’t they care that we are being poisoned..the birds too..wth???oh. Let’s be sure to these State workers a big fat raise FOR WHAT!!!???