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Farmers sue Monsanto, claiming Roundup caused their cancers

Could three of Monsanto’s best customers finally bring Roundup down for good?

For years I’ve been telling you about the health risks of Roundup — Monsanto’s billion-dollar weed killer that is sprayed all over GMO crops.

Now, three Nebraska farmers are claiming that Roundup gave them cancer, and that Monsanto spent years hiding its risks.

It’s a bombshell lawsuit that’s already exposing some ugly truths about Roundup — and how it’s putting all of us (especially our children) in harm’s way.

‘Safe enough to drink?!’

Larry Domina is a family farmer in tiny Cedar County, Nebraska.

Four years ago, his world was turned upside down when he learned he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

And he’s certain that the Roundup he used on his crops caused it.

Domina is one of three cancer-stricken Nebraska farmers — and one soil scientist — who are hauling Monsanto to federal court, claiming the company covered up Roundup’s links to cancer.

They shouldn’t have a hard time proving that case, if you ask me.

According to the lawsuit, Monsanto promoted rigged studies and ran a massive “campaign of misinformation” to make farmers and consumers like us think Roundup was safe.

Not just safe — but, Monsanto claimed, safe enough to drink!

Well, I don’t know if they got too many takers on that. But it looks like you don’t have to drink the stuff to have it in your body.

A test launched by the Detox Project and the Organic Consumers Association found 93 percent of Americans tested positive for glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) in their urine.

And the highest levels were found in children!

We’re talking about a chemical that’s been found to be a probable cause of cancer by the World Health Organization. When lab animals were exposed to Roundup and Monsanto’s GMO corn, they developed severe organ damage and deadly tumors the size of ping-pong balls.

Scientists have been sounding the alarm bells so loudly about Roundup and the genetically modified crops it’s sprayed on that it’s a wonder we’re all not deaf.

But it looks like the ones who are really deaf are working at the EPA. I told you at the end of last year that the agency was on the verge of approving another chemical formulation that also contains glyphosate.

It’s called Roundup Xtend — the X factor being another horrific herbicide added to the mix.

I’ve been warning you about Roundup from the get-go. And legions of people across the country have picketed and protested for labeling of the GMO food drenched in the stuff.

But while we can demand GMO labeling until the cows come home to the Roundup-sprayed fields, the best defense against this poison is steering clear of as much of it as possible.

And you can start doing that today by taking these three steps:

Step 1: Only buy products containing organic (or non-GMO) corn, soy and canola, and cane (not beet) sugar.

Step 2: Don’t use Roundup, or any other glyphosate-containing product in your backyard or anywhere around your home. And it’s in more products than you think.

Step 3: Buy organic products whenever possible — especially those containing wheat, lentils, peas, dry beans, flax, oats, barley and potatoes. Roundup is often sprayed on those crops as a drying agent just weeks before they are made into products (think cereals, bread and soups).

This isn’t the first time Monsanto has been sued over Roundup, and it certainly won’t be the last. But something tells me that these Nebraska farmers mean business, and I think we’re going to be hearing a lot more about this case.

I’ll keep you posted.

Sources:
“Cancer-stricken farmers sue Monsanto over Roundup” Evann Gastaldo, May 16, 2016, Fox News, foxnews.com

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