by IRT News Team | Jun 14, 2019 | News
IRT’s Take: This article in Bloomberg does a nice job of summarizing the many suspected health dangers of glyphosate (although largely ignores the fact that the complete Roundup formulation has NEVER BEEN TESTED!). Then it poses the question: Why aren’t U.S.... 
by IRT News Team | Jun 1, 2019 | News
Originally published on the SF Chronicle by Bob Egelko An Oakland jury awarded a staggering $2 billion-plus in damages Monday to a Bay Area couple who both came down with cancer after spraying Monsanto Co.’s widely used Roundup weed killer on their properties for more... 
by IRT News Team | May 14, 2019 | News
Data presented at a conference by Dr Charles Benbrook analyse pesticide use on GM and non-GM equivalent crops over the first 16 years of use, from 1996 to 2011. The analysis is based on widely accepted USDA data. Crops considered are herbicide-tolerant corn, soy, and... 
by IRT News Team | May 14, 2019 | News
Rigged research and corrupt science now threaten the Indian population and ecosystem with a potentially dangerous genetically modified crop used in food, oil, medicine, and spice. For most Americans, mustard is either a spicy powder or condiment for hotdogs. They are... 
by IRT News Team | Apr 23, 2019 | News
Click here to download the complete set of correlated graphs Although correlation does not prove causation, a huge increase in the incidence and prevalence of disease and chronic health conditions over the last twenty years closely parallels the increased use of... 
by IRT News Team | Apr 21, 2019 | News
Originally published in the Sacrramento Bee Like millions of farmworkers who have labored in America’s fields and orchards, I know what it’s like to grow the food we eat using toxic pesticides. At 12, I worked as a “flag man,” waving in crop-dusting planes that would...
