Tag: Glyphosate
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Canada Reassessing Glyphosate Roundup Herbicide Link To Cancer
It’s been nearly four years since we published the article below and the water surrounding glyphosate use in Canada is still murky. Roundup is currently being used in an official capacity in certain situations by government agencies such as the Ministry of the Environment to fight the invasive species Phragmites. Let’s review the earlier article:…
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Glyphosate From Roundup Pesticides Does Not Belong In Canadian Food
Let’s cut right to the chase: Do you know what’s in your lunch? We were curious, so we decided to investigate further. We tested popular foods such as Cheerios, a Tim Hortons bagel, Ritz crackers and Fontaine Santé hummus and the results were overwhelming: 80 per cent of the foods tested contained the harmful chemical…
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Grand River Conservation effort targets phragmites- invasive reeds via Roundup
Portions of the Snyder’s Flats Conservation Area will be closed to the public during the week of Sept. 29 while a herbicide is used to control an outbreak of phragmites, an invasive plant species. Signs will be posted in the parking lot at the entrance to the property on Snyder’s Flats Road near Bloomingdale. The…
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Why We March Globally Against Monsanto
For those who are not aware of Monsanto or its global influence, I would like to provide you with some background information before explaining just why it is important to stand against the corporation and its actions. Monsanto is an international agricultural corporation which is based out of the United States. It originated in 1901…