Roundup

Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup is one of 750 U.S. products containing the active ingredient glyphosate, the safety of which has been disputed for years. Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide used widely in large-scale agriculture, forestry and industrial weed control, and in lawn and garden care. Glyphosate is also known as a “systemic” herbicide, meaning that it is absorbed into every part of the plant, from the roots to the leaves. Evidence suggests that glyphosate may pose animal and human…

Monsanto’s cash cow herbicide Roundup is now making waves both in the United States and across the pond. Documents brought to light in American court cases have European officials investigating the truth of Monsanto’s safety claims, further entangling the company in its misdeeds ahead of government decisions on the safety of glyphosate, the weed killer’s main ingredient. Glyphosate has been linked to the development non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Court cases alleging the connection unsealed…

interest in journalism stems from my role as editor of my school’s publication, the Boxer Roundup, a page of articles written by students about what is going on in our high school. The page is published every Thursday in our city’s newspaper, The Enterprise. I have been writing for the Boxer Roundup since sophomore year and have been an editor since last summer. By writing for and editing the Boxer Roundup I aim to highlight the positives that take place in my city and to help erase the view of…

The case of Bowman v. Monsanto Company, Case No. 11-796, was brought to the United States Supreme Court on February 19, 2013. The plaintiff Monsanto patented a soybean that resisted its own Round Up Ready herbicide (“Supreme Court,” n.d). Monsanto Company constructed a contract for farmers to sign prior to using the seeds. The contract obligates farmers to acknowledge the intent of never saving seeds from the resulting crop. This meant that the farmer would be obliged to purchase new seeds…

In the last two weeks, Roundup was added to water and the spectra were measured. The initial test ranging from 1% to 100% was to concentrated. This was indicated because the spectra’s absorbances were larger than one. Furthermore, when looking at figure 1, once above 0.30% data flattens off. Once the range was narrowed with serval more trial the range being now sampled is between 0.01 % to 0.30%. The lambda max is ranging from 307 to 309 wavelengths. Glyphosate’s structure contains three major…

engineered. The most common thing that is different in the genetically engineered versions is they are resistant to to pests. They are either modified to produce a pesticide in their tissues or they are are modified to be resistant to a pesticide like Roundup. Other ways GM plants can be engineered is drought tolerance, disease resistance, be more nutritious, be resistant to hot and cold, and many other traits. Even though there are some pros to GMO 's there are also bad effects. Because of…

Outcomes conducted by research were unpleasant for big biotech companies such as Monsanto. Seralini G E examined roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize and Roundup itself, to determine possible long-term effects these substances for 2 years on rats. Results observed were considerably controversial, Female rats grew mammary tumors, and their pituitary was impaired, sex hormone levels were…

Roundup is the brand-name of a herbicide produced by Monsanto. Its active ingredient glyphosate was patented in the 1970s. Roundup Ready plants are resistant to Roundup, so farmers that plant these seeds must use Roundup to keep other weeds from growing in their fields. Soybeans were the first roundup resistant crops, they were developed in 1996. It was developed to help farmers with weeds. With these plants being resistant to roundup framers could spray the herbicide…

Sometimes the roundup contaminated the water supplies. Their bodies are not able to handle the altered DNA and chemicals that have characteristics of GMOs. Roundup is a toxic herbicide that kills weeds and is also responsible for killing bees, bats, butterflies and other pollinators that pollinate the crops. The EPA wants to regulate the…

Monsanto. The documentary hammers Monsanto Company and calls them out with many different forms of proof from many legitimate sources. Ultimately, the film, The World According to Monsanto shows what GMOs are, what the bovine growth hormone is, what Roundup ready soybeans are, and the effects they are all having on the soil, people, and animals. Basically, the whole ecosystem is being effected by Monsanto, who is the forerunner of all of these horrible products. The film does an excellent job…