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Argentine doctors call for Monsanto ban
Members of medical union Fesprosa cite WHO declaration that chemicals in best-selling Roundup herbicide are likely carcinogenic
More than 30,000 doctors, scientists and environmentalists in Argentina have joined a campaign calling on Monsanto products to be banned after a study found they could contain carcinogens, it was reported by TeleSUR. They join a growing chorus of protest against the multinational that includes researchers and social organisations throughout Latin America.
Citing a recent declaration by the World Health Organisation that glyphosate chemicals used in Monsantos best-selling herbicide Round Up are likely carcinogenic, the doctors, which form part of the Fesprosa medical union, also claim that the chemical is linked to birth defects, spontaneous abortions, skin diseases, respiratory illness and neurological disease.
The WHO conclusions are based on a peer-reviewed study published in March 2015 in The Lancet Oncology.
In our country glyphosate is applied on more than 28m hectares. Each year, the soil is sprayed with more than 320m litres, which means that 13m people are at risk of being affected, according to the Physicians Network of Sprayed Peoples (RMPF), Fesprosa said. Soy is not the only crop addicted to glyphosate: the herbicide is also used for transgenic maize and other crops. Where glyphosate falls, only GMOs can grow. Everything else dies.
http://www.fruitnet.com/americafruit/article/165084/argentine-doctors-call-for-monsanto-ban
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http://www.fruitnet.com/americafruit/article/165084/argentine-doctors-call-for-monsanto-ban
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)Over 30K Doctors and Scientists Demand That Argentina Ban Monsanto
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04:47 01.05.2015(updated 08:43 01.05.2015)
More than 30,000 doctors and health professionals in Argentina have asked the federal government there to ban Monsanto products after recent studies found that they likely contain carcinogens.
The demand follows last months report by the World Health Organization, which found that the herbicide glyphosate the active chemical ingredient in weed killer Roundup is "probably carcinogenic."
According to Fesprosa, Argentina's union of medical professionals, glyphosate not only causes cancer, it is also associated with increased spontaneous abortions, birth defects, skin diseases, and respiratory and neurological disease.
In a statement released earlier this month, the union cited stats from the Physicians Network of Sprayed Peoples (RMPF), which said that each year in Argentina, 108,000 square miles of soil is sprayed with more than 320 million liters of glyphosate, putting 13 million people at risk of being affected.
More:
http://sptnkne.ws/gT2
Judi Lynn
(160,527 posts)Colombia May Prohibit Fumigations with Monsanto's Glyphosate
Published 2 May 2015
The leader of the ruling Conservative Party announced the decision after meeting with Colombias president.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he will consider the recommendation of the Ministry of Health and suspend the use of Monsanto's herbicide used in the fight against illicit coca crops in the country.
The product, which contains the glyphosate, has been recently classified as carcinogenic by the World Health Organization.
The recommendation of Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria was backed by U.N. representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Todd Howland along with Colombian ombudsman, who received testimonies from indigenous peoples complaining about various skin illnesses.
The Colombian government will nevertheless guarantee that it will create an effective mechanism in order to continue the fight against the cultivation of coca... in Colombia.
More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombia-May-Prohibit-Fumigations-with-Monsantos-Glyphosate-20150502-0015.html
Scuba
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tecelote
(5,122 posts)Our politicians know the value of a dollar and it is certainly held in higher regard than our health.
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