2.6 billion pounds of Monsanto's Roundup sprayed on America's farmland - NaturalNews.com

2.6 billion pounds of Monsanto's Roundup sprayed on America's farmland - NaturalNews.com

2.6 billion pounds of Monsanto's Roundup sprayed on America's farmland

(NaturalNews) A shocking statistic was found in a report from the U.S. Geological Survey, a study of pesticide and herbicide use from 1992 to 2012. During the two decades, an estimated 2.6 billion pounds of Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicide
was used on America's agricultural land. It's been the primary
herbicide used with genetically engineered crops since mid-1990s when
Monsanto introduced their "Roundup Ready" corn and soybeans.

A time-lapse video with a map of United States, used in the Environmental Working Group (EWG) article
"2.6 Billion Pounds of Monsanto's Glyphosate Sprayed on U.S. Farmland
in Past Two Decades," shows the dramatic spread of the use of Roundup.

This is very troubling considering the mounting evidence of serious health risks associated with exposure to glyphosate. A Huffington Post article
from April 2013 covered a study that showed a wide range of health
risks possibly linked to Roundup. The list included various cancers,
Parkinson's and infertility.