The Western diet has already been connected to a number of health issues, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and even lower sperm counts in men. Now, researchers from Australia, the UK and U.S. may have identified why the diet is so difficult to quit — it disrupts proper function of the hippocampus, a region in the brain important for memory and regulating food intake. The annual measurement of the eastern monarch butterfly population that overwinters in Mexico is reported to be 2.83 hectares this year. That is a 53 percent decrease from last year’s more robust population of 6.05 hectares. After a hopeful increase the year before, this year’s estimate is big disappointment as the population once again falls well below a sustainable, secure level. Agricultural scientists and engineers have produced the world’s first map detailing global ‘hot spots’ of soil contaminated with glyphosate, a herbicide that is the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. Thousands of farmers from multiple states are expected to join mass tort litigation pending in federal court over claims that weed-killing products developed by the former Monsanto Co. and other chemical companies are destroying and contaminating crops, including organic production, a group of lawyers and farmers said on Wednesday. Bayer AG’s loss in the first U.S. trial over the herbicide dicamba is set to test the patience of investors who’ve stuck with the company through the dark days of its Roundup crisis. There are 2,000 untested chemicals in packaged foods — and it’s legal. The only way to minimize your exposure to dangerous chemicals that are currently allowed in packaged foods is to purchase products that are certified organic.
First map shows global hotspots of glyphosate contamination
Glyphosate, or Roundup, is under scrutiny because of possible impacts on human health and ecosystems. Agricultural scientists and engineers have produced the world’s first map detailing global ‘hot spots’ of soil contaminated with glyphosate, a herbicide widely known as Roundup.
Bayer’s Dicamba Hit Tests Patience of Frustrated Investors
Bayer AG’s loss in the first U.S. trial over the herbicide dicamba is set to test the patience of investors who’ve stuck with the company through the dark days of its Roundup crisis.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/bayer-ordered-to-pay-15-million-over-dicamba-crop-damage?fbclid=IwAR2BWH1K2lkcSoLdrKqJJdJWzrvdv4ebEpPvPn7Iz89m_DuQgWkTwnGAzxk
Monarch Butterfly Numbers Fall Again
The annual measurement of the eastern monarch butterfly population that overwinters in Mexico is reported to be 2.83 hectares this year. That is a 53% decrease from last year’s more robust population of 6.05 hectares. After a hopeful increase the year before, this year’s estimate is big disappointment as the population once again falls well below a sustainable, secure level.
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/sylvia-fallon/monarch-butterfly-numbers-fall-again?fbclid=IwAR11PqemNXRWyXPXzZ7BYtdYXL43yyV4JKtZCgq6KUUhP2Jfe5XpvhTWMUk
There Are 2,000 Untested Chemicals in Packaged Foods — and It’s Legal
The only way to minimize your exposure to dangerous chemicals that are currently allowed in packaged foods is to purchase products that are certified organic.
There Are 2,000 Untested Chemicals in Packaged Foods — and It’s Legal
Western Diet Impairs Brain Function and Appetite Control, Study Finds
The western diet has already been connected to a number of health issues, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and even lower sperm counts in men. Now, researchers from Australia, the UK and U.S. may have identified why the diet is so difficult to quit — it disrupts proper function of the hippocampus, a region in the brain important for memory and regulating food intake.
https://www.ecowatch.com/western-diet-brain-function-2645216354.html
Dicamba litigation against Bayer, BASF poised to explode, lawyers say- good
Thousands of farmers from multiple states are expected to join mass tort litigation pending in federal court over claims that weed-killing products developed by the former Monsanto Co. and other chemical companies are destroying and contaminating crops, including organic production, a group of lawyers and farmers said on Wednesday.
https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tacker/dicamba-litigation-against-bayer-basf-poised-to-explode-lawyers-say/
