{"id":40322,"date":"2014-03-03T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=40322"},"modified":"2015-05-05T22:11:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T21:11:01","slug":"monsantos-roundup-found-in-75-of-air-and-rain-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/03\/monsantos-roundup-found-in-75-of-air-and-rain-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsanto\u2019s Roundup Found in 75% of Air and Rain Samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24549493\"  target=\"_blank\">U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>\u00a0has concluded that pesticides can be found in, well, just about anything.<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40323\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/roundup2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40323\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40323\" alt=\"In recent years, Roundup was found to be even more toxic than it was when first approved for agricultural use, though that discovery has not led to any changes in regulation of the pesticide. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/roundup2-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/roundup2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/roundup2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In recent years, Roundup was found to be even more toxic than it was when first approved for agricultural use, though that discovery has not led to any changes in regulation of the pesticide. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/02\/26\/study-connects-monsantos-roundup-to-fatal-kidney-disease-epidemic\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Roundup herbicide<\/a>,\u00a0Monsanto\u2019s flagship weed killer, was present in 75 percent of air and\u00a0rainfall test samples, according to the study, which focused on Mississippi\u2019s highly fertile Delta agricultural region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenmedinfo.com\/blog\/roundup-weedkiller-found-75-air-and-rain-samples-gov-study-finds\"  target=\"_blank\">GreenMedInfo<\/a>\u00a0reports new research, soon to be published by\u00a0<i>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry<\/i> journal, discovered the traces over a 12-year span from 1995-2007.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Roundup was found to be even more toxic than it was when first approved for agricultural use, though that discovery has not led to any changes in regulation of the pesticide. Moreover, Roundup\u2019s overuse has enabled weeds and insects to build an immunity to its harsh toxins.<\/p>\n<p>To deal with the immunity issue, Monsanto\u2019s solution has been to\u00a0spray more and stronger pesticides\u00a0to eliminate the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The health effects of Roundup are also hard to ignore as research has linked exposure to the pesticide to <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2013\/05\/03\/study-links-monsantos-roundup-autism-parkinsons-alzheimers\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a> and various cancers.<\/p>\n<p>For instance,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/monsanto-pesticides-are-making-argentinian-kids-very-sick.html\"  target=\"_blank\">children in Argentina<\/a>,\u00a0where Roundup is used in high concentrations, struggle with health problems, with 80 percent showing signs of the toxins in their bloodstreams.<\/p>\n<p>However, Roundup isn\u2019t the only widespread threat to public health. The U.S. Geological Survey, along with others, have identified additional pesticides in the air and water that become more toxic as they mix and come in contact with people.<\/p>\n<p>Spraying Roundup may have short-term economic benefits for Monsanto, but the potential long-term risks could present significant challenges to people in affected regions of the country.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/02\/27\/monsantos-roundup-found-in-75-of-air-and-rain-samples\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 ecowatch.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new U.S. Geological Survey has concluded that pesticides can be found in, well, just about anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organic-gmo-genetic-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}