Press release 8.1.15
Food Matters Aotearoa
Pinkwash - baleage wrap conceals true cause of rural cancer
desiccation with Roundup, a leading cause of rural health problems. Exposure to Roundup has be shown to increase
incidence of female cancers and reproductive problems and male problems such as infertility and prostate cancer.(2)
Have you noticed the eye-catching pink wrap now appearing in paddocks around you? Agpac’s admirable action in donating a
percentage of the price of each roll to the Sweet Louise breast cancer charity highlights the health problems facing
rural families.(1)
Ironically this excellent initiative disguises the hidden risk of silage
Research by Professor of Molecular Biology, Gilles-Eric Seralini from France, the longest, most detailed study on a GMO
and its related pesticide, Roundup, has shown the link between Roundup and numerous health problems. (3)Professor
Séralini's initial research focused on the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. In his work at the interface of
cancer and endocrinology, he became interested in the causes of cancer, reproductive problems, and endocrine disruption.
He is just one of the high powered international and national speakers to be presenting evidence of Roundup’s threat at
the Food Matters Aotearoa conference. 14th- 15th February,Te Papa, Wellington. (See:- foodconference.co.nz)
Among those invited to attend are MPs, regulatory agencies, research institutes. farm industry bodies and leading food
manufacturers.
“Accusations have been made that government and regulatory agencies responsible for the safety of farming and food have
been colluding to ignore the dangers of pesticides to our health,” says Susie Lees of the Food Matters Aotearoa
conference team. “Participants in the conference will be able to decide for themselves.”
Food Matters Aotearoa
References
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Roundup Fact sheet – 8.1.15
U.S. Hospitals Expose Critically Ill Children to Harmful Glyphosate Herbicides
The Environmental impacts of glyphosate FOE report 2013
EU Regulators and Monsanto Exposed for Hiding Glyphosate Toxicity
Collusion between industry and regulatory agencies.
http://earthopensource.org/index.php/reports/europes-pesticide-and-food-safety-regulators-who-do-they-work-for
Roundup and birth defects is the public being kept in the dark
Scandal of glyphosate reassessment in Europe
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Scandal_of_Glyphosate_Reassessment_in_Europe.php
Visceral botulism at dairy farms in Schleswig Holstein, Germany - Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in feces of cows,
in animal feeds, in feces of the farmers, and in house dust by Monika Krüger, Anke Große-Herrenthey, Wieland Schrödl,
Achim Gerlach, Arne Rodloff
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