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Glyphosate is also toxic to the placenta, the organ which connects the mother to the fetus, providing nutrients and oxygen, and emptying waste products.
Jeffrey Smith: Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats Jeffrey Smith 2010
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Glyphosate, which is a herbicide, accounts for about 35% of Nufarm's sales, but analysts say margins in this business are at all-time lows with supply capacity potentially double demand as a result of increasing Chinese production.
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One theory about the scarcity of bees is that herbicides such as Glyphosate
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010
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The European Union classed Glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, as "dangerous for the environment" and "toxic for aquatic organisms".
Bob Burnett: It's the Water, Stupid: The Perils of Clearcutting Bob Burnett 2011
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The European Union classed Glyphosate, Roundup's main ingredient, as "dangerous for the environment" and "toxic for aquatic organisms".
Bob Burnett: It's the Water, Stupid: The Perils of Clearcutting Bob Burnett 2011
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Glyphosate throws off the delicate hormonal balance that governs the whole reproductive cycle.
Jeffrey Smith: Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats Jeffrey Smith 2010
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Glyphosate may also cause reproductive disorders in the offspring of those exposed.
Jeffrey Smith: Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats Jeffrey Smith 2010
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Glyphosate-tolerant weeds are already appearing in southeast U.S. farm fields where farmers have long grown Roundup-tolerant cotton and soybeans.
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"Glyphosate is used all over the world without these kinds of claims," said Gregory Lagana, a DynCorp spokesman.
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In August 2001, a commission from a European Human Rights Organization found in a visit to the Province of Santanter that: "Contrary to official declarations about the harmlessness of Glyphosate, we were able to verify skin conditions (rashes and itching caused by the skin drying to the point of cracking) in both children and adults who were exposed directly to spraying while they worked their land or played outside their homes."
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