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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, February 5, 2016) According to a report published earlier this week, Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and Globally<\/a><\/em>, glyphosate, manufactured by Monsanto and known by its product name Roundup, is the most widely and heavily applied weed-killer in the history of chemical-intensive agriculture both in the U.S. and globally. Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., author of the study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Sciences Europe<\/em>, reports that to date 18.9 billion pounds (8.6 billion kilograms) of glyphosate<\/a> have been used globally, with an estimated 19% of the use coming from the U.S. The report also points out that glyphosate use has risen almost 15-fold since “Roundup Ready” genetically engineered crops<\/a> (GE) were introduced in 1996.
\n\"spraydrift\"Dr. Benbrook\u2019s research concludes that, \u201cGenetically engineered herbicide-tolerant crops now account for about 56 % of global glyphosate use. In the U.S., no pesticide has come remotely close to such intensive and widespread use.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the report, two-thirds of the total volume of glyphosate applied in the U.S. from 1974 to 2014 has been sprayed in just the last 10 \u00a0years. And, in 2014, enough glyphosate was sprayed to leave more than three-quarters of a pound of the active ingredient on every harvested acre of cropland in the U.S., and remarkably, almost a half pound per acre on all cropland worldwide (0.53 kilogram\/hectare).<\/p>\n

Glyphosate has long been touted as a \u201clow toxicity\u201d chemical and \u201csafer\u201d than other chemicals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry. However, the recent classification by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)<\/a> \u00a0of the \u00a0GE crop herbicide glyphosate as a human carcinogen, based on laboratory animal studies, has brought serious human health issues to light.<\/p>\n

Since IARC\u2019s classification last year, Monsanto has been named in numerous lawsuits accusing the company of knowing of the dangers of glyphosate for decades. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), joined by dozens of global food, farming and environmental justice groups, announced last month that they will put the U.S.-based transnational corporation on trial next year on World Food Day, October 16, 2016, for crimes against nature, humanity, and ecocide<\/a> in The Hague, Netherlands, home to the United Nation\u2019s International Court of Justice. Monsanto is also \u00a0facing numerous personal injury lawsuits<\/a> \u00a0over the link between glyphosate exposure and non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma (NHL). Personal injury law firms around the U.S. have found a multitude of plaintiffs and are preparing for what could be a \u201cmass tort\u201d action against Monsanto for knowingly misinforming the public and farmworkers about the dangers of the chemical.<\/p>\n

Yet, Monsanto continues to deny glyphosate’s hazards. After the state of California proposed \u00a0to list glyphosate as a known human carcinogen under its Proposition 65 law, Monsanto subsequently filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the state of seeking to prevent the listing .<\/p>\n

As Dr. Benbrook’s paper notes, other recent studies have found connections between glyphosate exposure and a number of other serious health effects, including liver and kidney damage and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, among others.<\/p>\n

“My hope is that this paper will stimulate more research on glyphosate use and human and environmental exposure patterns to increase the chance that scientists will quickly detect any problems that might be triggered, or made worse, by glyphosate exposure,” Benbrook added.<\/p>\n

Dr. Benbrook previously published the first peer-reviewed study<\/a> looking at the impacts of GE herbicide-tolerant crops on pesticide use. His 2012 study, Impacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S. \u201d\u201dthe first sixteen years<\/a>,<\/em> found that contrary to often-repeated claims that today\u2019s genetically-engineered crops have and are reducing pesticide use, the spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds in GE weed management systems has brought about substantial increases in the number and volume of herbicides applied. Meanwhile, \u00a0empirical evidence has emerged that documents reduced efficacy of glyphosate as weed resistance to the herbicide escalates. \u00a0The occurrence of super weeds coincides strongly with the use of toxic herbicides on genetically engineered (GE) crops. For example, because of widespread pigweed resistance to glyphosate, the \u00a0Texas Department of Agriculture, in June, 2014, requested an exemption<\/a> to permit growers to spray three million acres of cotton fields with a pesticide not registered for this use. The pesticide, propazine, in the same family as the endocrine disruptor atrazine,could not be permitted \u00a0by EPA<\/a> because, as the agency said, “Currently, registered uses already show unacceptable risk<\/a> levels. . .”<\/p>\n

Last summer, Dr. Benbrook and pediatrician \u00a0Philip J. Landrigan, M.D released a prospective article<\/a> \u00a0on the effects of glyphosate and \u00a0GE crops<\/a>, highlighting the flaws of past glyphosate studies. They found that previous research has only considered pure glyphosate formulations, <\/em>\u201cdespite studies showing that formulated glyphosate that contains surfactants and adjuvants is more toxic than the pure compound.\u201d \u00a0<\/em>This is important given that other \u00a0research<\/a> focusing on glyphosate-based herbicides (GHBs), rather than pure glyphosate \u00a0 links long-term, ultra-low dose exposure to glyphosate in drinking water to adverse impacts on the health of liver and kidneys.<\/p>\n

“The dramatic and rapid growth in overall use of glyphosate will likely contribute to a host of adverse environmental and public health consequences,” Dr. Benbrook wrote.<\/p>\n

As evidence of the hazardous effects of and the prolific use of glyphosate continue to mount, environmental groups like Beyond Pesticides are urging localities to ban or restrict the use of the chemical, and to support organic agriculture<\/a>. By utilizing ecological pest management strategies, organic practices, and solutions that are not chemical-intensive are the most appropriate and long-term solution \u00a0to managing unwanted plants, or weeds. Additionally, organic agriculture is an ecologically-based management system that prioritizes cultural, biological, mechanical production practices, and natural inputs. By strengthening on-farm resources, such as soil fertility, pasture and biodiversity, organic farmers can minimize and even avoid the production challenges that most genetically engineered organisms have been falsely-marketed as solving. To learn more about organic agriculture, see \u00a0Beyond Pesticides Organic Program Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Environmental Sciences Europe<\/a><\/em>, EWG Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, February 5, 2016) According to a report published earlier this week, Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and Globally, glyphosate, manufactured by Monsanto and known by its product name Roundup, is the most widely and heavily applied weed-killer in the history of chemical-intensive agriculture both in the U.S. and globally. Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., author of the study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Sciences Europe, reports that to date 18.9 billion pounds (8.6 billion kilograms) of glyphosate have been used globally, with an estimated 19% of the use coming from the U.S. The report also points out that glyphosate use has risen almost 15-fold since “Roundup Ready” genetically engineered crops (GE) were introduced in 1996. Dr. Benbrook\u2019s research concludes that, \u201cGenetically engineered herbicide-tolerant crops now account for about 56 % of global glyphosate use. In the U.S., no pesticide has come remotely close to such intensive and widespread use.\u201d According to the report, two-thirds of the total volume of glyphosate applied in the U.S. from 1974 to 2014 has been sprayed in just the last 10 \u00a0years. 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