Natural Bytes E-newsletter #813: Campaigns to Ban Glyphosate Are Gaining Steam!


The World Has Modified, However Monsanto’s Glyphosate Stays
Alexis Baden-Mayer writes for the Natural Customers Affiliation:
“In 2015, the World Well being Group’s Worldwide Company for Analysis on Most cancers acknowledged the carcinogenicity of glyphosate, the principle ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. This made lawsuits on behalf of Roundup-exposed most cancers victims attainable and resulted in billion-dollar jury awards.
Shamefully, the IARC resolution didn’t affect the Environmental Safety Company, however Bayer (which now owns Monsanto) mentioned that, to restrict legal responsibility, by 2023 it will cease promoting glyphosate-based herbicides to shoppers, limiting gross sales to farmers and pesticide professionals.
It’s 2023. Did Bayer maintain its promise?
No it didn’t. Bayer remains to be promoting Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide on to shoppers for house use.
What occurred?
Bayer by no means took glyphosate-based Roundup herbicides off the cabinets, it simply started providing glyphosate-free variations.
The brand new variations of Roundup are additionally poisonous.
In accordance with Past Pesticides, “Roundup® Twin Motion … incorporates the next energetic elements: triethylamine salt of triclopyr, fluazipop-P-butyl, diquat dibromide, and ammonium salt of imazapic—elements which are reproductive and developmental toxicants, sensitizers, and poisonous to aquatic and different organisms.”
4 out of 5 folks within the US are contaminated with glyphosate, primarily due to glyphosate residues in our meals, as demonstrated by testing carried out by the Detox Undertaking, Mothers Throughout America and the Environmental Working Group.
Most cancers is only one threat of glyphosate contamination.”
Learn extra concerning the risks of this poisonous herbicide and what you are able to do to get glyphosate out of your physique
TAKE ACTION: Contact your state legislators to allow them to understand how vital it’s to get glyphosate out of agriculture and garden care.

STOP WEAPONIZING PATHOGENS
Mysterious Chinese language Bio-Lab Found In Distant California Metropolis
ZeroHedge studies:
“Why would a bio-lab run by a shady Chinese language firm be working in Reedley, CA within the central San Joaquin Valley?
YourCentralValley.com studies that the invention was made after an area code enforcement officer observed this backyard hose poking out a again wall of the constructing.
Public Well being workers additionally noticed blood, tissue and different bodily fluid samples and serums; and THOUSANDS of vials of unlabeled fluids and suspected organic materials.
Moreover they discovered 900 genetically engineered mice, engineered to catch and carry COVID-19, dwelling in “inhumane” situations.
773 of the mice needed to be euthanized, and officers discovered one other 178 mice already lifeless.
“That is an uncommon state of affairs. I’ve been in authorities for 25 years. I’ve by no means seen something like this,” mentioned Reedley Metropolis Supervisor Nicole Zieba.
Even county well being officers had been left in shock.
Is that this unlawful lab the tip of the iceberg? What number of further bioagent labs will probably be discovered?”
Extra concerning the lab from NBC
Take Motion Now: Demand an Rapid International Ban on Acquire-of-Perform ‘Biomedical’ and ‘Biodefense’ Analysis!

WILD FOOD
Gathering Cycle of the 12 months: August
Kaare Melby, Finnskogen Farm and the Natural Customers Affiliation, writes:
“After I shut my eyes, I see nothing however blueberries.
Individuals who stay in northern climates have been selecting blueberries for numerous generations. In Scandinavia, wild blueberries cowl the forest flooring, and right here too in North America we will discover huge fields of untamed blueberries. Wild blueberries reply effectively to fireplace, and the Anishinaabe individuals who lived on this space would typically burn areas to take care of good berry patches. Blueberries are a part of the expertise of dwelling on this place. That lengthy historical past is a part of why my mind goes into blueberry mode, I share the expertise of blueberry selecting with 1000’s of generations of my ancestors.
My mom taught me to select blueberries, and in flip I’m instructing my daughters to select blueberries. This expertise teaches the teachings of the gathering cycle of the 12 months. Blueberries are solely ripe for a brief time period, however we would like to have the ability to eat them year-round, particularly within the winter. So we should go into “blueberry mode” to reap and freeze sufficient to final a complete 12 months. Whereas selecting blueberries just lately I requested my 3-year-old daughter if she was going to eat some blueberries, her response was priceless: “No daddy! They’re for the winter!”
Learn extra about tasty and bountiful wild meals, Juneberries, Thimbleberries, Raspberries, Chanterelles and Hazelnuts

REGENERATION INTERNATIONAL
Regeneration Worldwide Has Reached Extra Than 500 Companions From Each Continent!
Regeneration Worldwide (RI) is likely one of the largest and most vital regenerative organizations on the planet, with over 500 companions in over 70 international locations in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australasia, the Pacific, North America, and Europe. We’re the individuals who began the worldwide regeneration motion.
Leaders of the natural, agroecology, holistic administration, environmental, and pure well being actions got here collectively to kind Regeneration Worldwide as a genuinely inclusive and consultant umbrella group. We aimed to determine a world community of like-minded agricultural, environmental, well being, and social organizations to regenerate our meals and farming methods, our well being, surroundings, local weather, and communities – which is what now we have executed.
We began the worldwide regeneration motion, and as a consequence of our founding actions, regeneration is within the information each day. Regeneration Worldwide continues to guide, develop and approve extra companions each month.
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REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
Why Regenerative Agriculture?
The important thing to regenerative agriculture is that it not solely “does no hurt” to the land however truly improves it, utilizing applied sciences that regenerate and revitalize the soil and the surroundings.
However what are the applied sciences and the way do they work?
Right here’s a breakdown of the Regenerative Agriculture advantages, and the way they work:
* Feed the world: Small farmers already feed the world with lower than 1 / 4 of all farmland. > Read the GRAIN Report
* Lower GHG emissions: A brand new meals system might be a key driver of options to local weather change. The present industrial meals system is chargeable for 44 to 57% of all international greenhouse fuel emissions. > Read the GRAIN Report
* Reverse local weather change: Emissions discount alone is solely insufficient. Fortunately, the science says that we will truly reverse local weather change by rising soil carbon shares. > Read the Rodale Institute Report
* Enhance yields: In instances of maximum climate and local weather change, yields on natural farms are considerably greater than typical farms. > Read the Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
* Create drought-resistant soil: The addition of natural matter to the soil will increase the water holding capability of the soil. Regenerative natural agriculture builds soil natural matter. > Learn More
* Revitalize native economies: Household farming represents a possibility to spice up native economies. > Read the FAO Report
* Protect conventional information: Understanding indigenous farming methods reveals vital ecological clues for the event of regenerative natural agricultural methods. > Read the Action Aid Nepal Report
* Nurture biodiversity: Biodiversity is key to agricultural manufacturing and meals safety, in addition to a worthwhile ingredient of environmental conservation. > Read the Report
* Restore grasslands: One third of the earth’s floor is grasslands, 70% of which have been degraded. We are able to restore them utilizing holistic deliberate grazing. > See the Evidence
* Enhance vitamin: Nutritionists now more and more insist on the necessity for extra various agro-ecosystems, with a view to guarantee a extra diversified nutrient output of the farming methods. > Read the Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Read more on Regeneration International: Why Regenerative Agriculture?
Discover a regenerative farm close to you

INDIGENOUS WISDOM
Strolling Via Reality: Indigenous Knowledge
Donald Warne writes for the Stanford Social Innovation Review:
“In recent times, there’s a broad recognition of the significance of the social determinants of well being, together with measures equivalent to poverty and academic attainment. A lot of the main target has been on well being and financial disparities by way of a deficits-based strategy. Nevertheless, Indigenous Peoples and cultures maintain many strengths.
These embody the important roles of our relationship with the earth and one another, the well being protecting results of cultural connection and sense of belonging, and the intergenerational perspective on life. We take power in realizing that earlier generations prayed for our well-being, and we’re chargeable for future generations. Our actions at the moment will immediately affect the well being of the planet and its inhabitants. Fashionable society may drastically profit from studying Indigenous values that promote sustainability and respect for the earth and for one another.
Studying throughout borders means respecting various cultures and practices and making clever choices when creating options to enhance outcomes. The well-being of future generations—our grandchildren—depends upon it. Mitakuye Oyasin. All my Relations”
Find out how regardless of adversities, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas proceed to thrive and develop options to social issues that assist their communities—and the broader world.

ENVIRONMENT AND PESTICIDES
Extra Than 800 Tons of Agricultural Pesticides Leach Into World’s Rivers Every 12 months, Analysis Finds
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes for Eco Watch:
“The research checked out the place 92 of essentially the most often used agricultural pesticides journey after software and located that yearly about 77,162 tons of doubtless hazardous chemical substances leach into aquifers. These pollution have a dangerous impact on freshwater sources and ecosystems.
This degradation of pesticides typically happens as a ‘cascade’ of molecules into the encircling surroundings, which might persist within the surroundings for a very long time and could be simply as dangerous because the dad or mum molecule or utilized pesticide. One such instance is glyphosate. Though it’s extremely degradable, it breaks down right into a molecule often called AMPA that’s each extremely persistent and poisonous.
The research revealed that roughly 80 p.c of pesticides utilized to crops find yourself degrading into byproducts often called “daughter molecules” within the surrounding soil.”
Learn extra: Extra Than 800 Tons of Agricultural Pesticides Leach Into World’s Rivers Every 12 months, Analysis Finds

FOOD ANALYSIS
Parsley Is Far Extra Than a Colourful Garnish
Evaluation by Dr. Joseph Mercola:
“The curly leaf parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is typically referred to as French parsley and the flat leaf (Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum) is also referred to as Italian parsley.
Each varieties are nutrient-rich and flavorful. The one you select on your cooking or salad depends upon the flavour you’re after. Nevertheless, it’s vital to style the plant because the taste depends upon the rising situations and the age when it was harvested.
You may substitute one for the opposite however ought to take into account how the feel works finest in what you’re cooking. Parsley belongs to the carrot or celery household, which incorporates herbs like dill and fennel.
The title comes from a Greek phrase that interprets into “rock celery,” which refers back to the behavior curly leaf parsley has of thriving on rocks and partitions. The herb has a protracted historical past in cooking and conventional and natural drugs. Parsley can assist alleviate menstrual ache and ought to be averted by girls who’re pregnant as it will probably damage the being pregnant.”
Study extra about parsley and uncover the wealthy antioxidants it incorporates

BAN GLYPHOSATE
Why Are Company Research of Glyphosate a Downside?
Stacy Malkan writes for USRTK:
Regulators in Europe and the US, Canada and elsewhere have repeatedly affirmed the company assertions of glyphosate security. In making determinations about security, these regulators have relied partially on checks which are carried out by or for the businesses that haven’t been printed or peer reviewed.
The company research have lengthy been saved secret, even by regulators. However in Europe, litigation by a gaggle of European Parliament lawmakers led to the discharge of dozens of such research. Greater than 50 of these company research had been analyzed in 2021 by unbiased scientists from the Institute of Most cancers Analysis, Division of Medication on the Medical College of Vienna, Armen Nersesyan and Siegfried Knasmueller.
Their aim was to find out if the business research adjust to present worldwide pointers for chemical testing. The researchers concluded that the majority of the business research had been outdated and didn’t meet present pointers. Of the 53 research submitted to regulators by the businesses, solely two had been acceptable underneath present internationally acknowledged scientific requirements, Knasmueller mentioned.
Why is Bayer taking glyphosate off the U.S. client market?
What do scientists and well being care suppliers say about glyphosate?
How a lot glyphosate is in our our bodies?
What are the environmental impacts of glyphosate?
Why are folks suing Bayer over glyphosate?
Why is desiccation of wheat and different crops an issue?”
Learn the solutions to those questions and extra on this complete article

BIG PHARMA
Medication Is Affected by Untrustworthy Scientific Trials. How Many Research Are Faked or Flawed?
Richard Van Noorden studies in Nature:
“For years, plenty of scientists, physicians and knowledge sleuths have argued that pretend or unreliable trials are frighteningly widespread. They’ve scoured RCTs in varied medical fields, equivalent to girls’s well being, ache analysis, anaesthesiology, bone well being and COVID-19, and have discovered dozens or lots of of trials with seemingly statistically unimaginable knowledge. Some, on the premise of their private experiences, say that one-quarter of trials being untrustworthy is likely to be an underestimate. “When you seek for all randomized trials on a subject, a couple of third of the trials will probably be fabricated,” asserts Ian Roberts, an epidemiologist on the London Faculty of Hygiene & Tropical Medication.
The problem is, partially, a subset of the infamous paper-mill drawback: over the previous decade, journals in lots of fields have printed tens of 1000’s of suspected pretend papers, a few of that are thought to have been produced by third-party companies, termed paper mills.
However faked or unreliable RCTs are a very harmful menace. They not solely are about medical interventions, but additionally could be laundered into respectability by being included in meta-analyses and systematic evaluations, which totally comb the literature to evaluate proof for scientific therapies. Medical pointers typically cite such assessments, and physicians look to them when deciding learn how to deal with sufferers.”
What counts as reliable? Study extra.

MENTAL HEALTH
One Dialog Per Day Can Enhance Happiness
Tracy Brower, PhD, Forbes:
“Folks typically consider nice relationships as being constructed on deep belief, significant interactions and soul-searching discussions. And these undoubtedly rely. However apparently, the analysis discovered even fast, extra superficial contact was constructive.
If you catch up shortly, you keep in contact with what’s occurring for folks and you’ve got a foundation to test within the subsequent time. You be taught your teammate has simply made a proposal on a home, and also you ask about it the subsequent time you see them. Otherwise you discover out their youngster was simply accepted to school, and you may test in on the transition course of once you run into them once more. Or they share that they’ve put in for a brand new job, and you may provide your help.
Relationships are constructed on continuity and familiarity—so the extra you realize, the extra you possibly can construct. And each tidbit you study them or they study you is a deposit in a financial institution of understanding one another.”
Find out how catching up or sending a quick electronic mail to test in is so well worth the effort.

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