e)
comparing figures for air and rain samples from 1995 and 2007 in
Mississippi concluded that 75% of all 2007 samples tested positive for
glyphosate — the active ingredient in Monsanto's best-selling herbicide
Roundup.
That's right... *air* samples.
Based on these
figures, that means an 18-fold glyphosate use increase in Mississippi
during that time period alone. Of course, this data is now seven years
old, so who knows what the numbers are today, not to mention the fact
that this is only looking at the state of Mississippi. What about the
other 49 states? Are we walking around breathing Roundup? What about
people who collect rainwater to water organic gardens?
Most people eat organic to avoid pesticides, but we can't avoid breathing, now can we?
This
study raises a lot more questions than answers...questions with pretty
horrific implications considering not only the fact that each year
Roundup use increases as more GMOs are planted across the nation, but
how dangerous Roundup is to every system in our bodies as evidenced in
independent studies.
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