By Dr. Mercola
By Dr. Mercola
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, has earned the ominous distinction of being the most heavily used agricultural chemical of all time.1 Use skyrocketed starting in 1996, when Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready” genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-tolerant crops (soy, corn and cotton) were introduced. The GE crops are impervious to Roundup’s toxic effects, which allows farmers to spray the chemical onto their crops with abandon.
As such, use increased nearly 15-fold since 1996.2 The chemical is now so ubiquitous in the environment that over a period of 23 years — from 1993 to …read more
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