Monsanto and their poison need to GO

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is the first federal legislator and presidential candidate to call for a ban on Roundup weedkiller.

After federal jurors found that Monsanto/Bayer’s flagship herbicide caused Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Gabbard shared the news on Twitter:

"I’ve said it before, I’ll keep saying it: Ban roundup! It’s long past time we stopped relying on corrupt corporations with a profit incentive to fund science telling us their chemicals are 'safe.' Victims shouldn’t have to go to trial to get the truth."

Then, sharing Tom Philpott’s article in Mother Jones, “Scientists Found Worrisome New Evidence About Roundup and Cancer,” Gabbard tweeted:

“It is unacceptable that it takes a lawsuit against Monsanto, maker of Roundup, to determine whether exposure to glyphosate can cause cancer. We must protect the ability of independent scientists to research & publish findings free of corporate influence”

[twitter.com]

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"Those supporting the bill included the Sierra Club of Hawaii, which noted: “Glyphosate herbicides and neonicotinoid insecticides are some of the most harmful pesticides applied to our agriculture lands. From the years 2007-2010, the bee population of Hawai?i dropped 50%, and today, 7 of 63 of the state’s native bee species have been placed on the endangered species list.”

Beekeeper Jasmine Joy testified that a study of Hawai?i’s bee populations and honey supply found glyphosate in 80 percent of the honey that comes from Hawai?i. “It’s in our air and water and food,” Joy said."

[mauiindependent.org]