An important victory for anti-Roundup activists.
29 July 2021 — Sustainable Pulse
Bayer have announced that they will no longer sell glyphosate-based herbicides to U.S. gardeners as of 2023, following the costly litigation battle over their cancer causing weedkiller Roundup.
The Most Revolutionary Act 
WEll that is good news! Finally!
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I guess the next step is to insist New Zealand councils stop using it for parks, playgrounds and curbside weeds.
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Yes, quite an undertaking (having tried that in the Rangitikei district already). They did stop it in parks at least but it’s a big money spinner & they cling to the false claims of its safety.
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A hollow victory, because Roundup residues in all our staple foods will continue. Supporting evidence at ‘Codex Alimentarius’ & any search for ‘Grains harvest Dessicant’ … Additional evidence in the decline of health of countries which allow Roundup!
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On Fri., 30 Jul. 2021, 08:28 The Most Revolutionary Act, wrote:
> stuartbramhall posted: “An important victory/” >
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Yogazeal, I tend to view the issue somewhat differently. The heavy use of this toxic chemical must be reduced and stopped if there’s to be any hope of reducing the residue in ourselves, our children and our grandchildren.
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Well, Yippee. Roundup and its ilk are possibly worse pollutants than many industrial chemicals, but it has taken years to cure the world population of its addiction to these poisons. The stuff is still readily available on shelves at places like Home Depot, so supposedly innocently still being dumped willy-nilly into the environment.
Has Monsanto/Bayer changed its tune? Bayer has a very long history of almost criminal experimentation on all life, depending on how you define “criminal”.
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My biggest concern, Katharine, is the effect glyphosate has had on the gut microbiome. I think history will show that it’s responsible for the majority of chronic illnesses caused by dysbiosis.
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That’s a scary thought, Dr. B, I believe it is poisoning the soil and everything that grows therein. Since it’s so widely available, its cumulative effects with run-off and other environmental distribution, it surely could contribute to or exacerbate a plethora of chronic health problems.
Unfortunately, it could be very hard to trace the causative agent (or agents), since there are so many poisons , including plastic waste, being dumped into the environment.
As far as the gut biome goes, I have an amusing anecdote. My microbiology professor in medical school claimed that we have 10 to the 12th power of human cells, but we have ten to the 13th power of microbes, so we are only one-tenth human. Poisons like glyphosate could change the ratio, but I don’t think I would want to be more human, the way things are going.
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