No More Roundup

Listen to the words of Moya Shatz Dolsby, Executive Dir. of the Idaho Wine Commission as she reacts to a question I asked her concerning the possibility of finding traces of glyphosate in Idaho wines. "I mean we've all used Roundup, but in our wine, that could be deadly."

14,000 Demand EPA Revoke License of Glyphosate. A Care2 petition demands the EPA disallow the use of glyphosate-based herbicides.  Recent tests have found glyphosate in our water, urine, breast milk, food, beer, even wine. A Care2 petition started by Moms Across America demands the EPA revoke the license of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's herbicide Roundup. The Care2 petition has gathered over 14,000 signatures.

 

The herbicide has been detected even in organic wine from vineyards that do not use Roundup. Drift, rain, and irrigation water and fertilizer from animals that eat glyphosate-sprayed grain are causing the widespread contamination. 

 

"Glyphosate has been found in our streams, soil, air and rain," Moms Across America writes on its Care2 petition. "It is nearly impossible for a farmer or manufacturer of consumer products to avoid contamination. Widespread contamination of glyphosate can only be stopped if the EPA disallows the use of glyphosate-based herbicides. Glyphosate should not be in our consumer products in any amount. It is not safe as previously claimed."

 

The World Health Organization has deemed glyphosate a probable carcinogen. The Netherlands, France and Brazil have banned glyphosate, and the European Parliament has recommended against renewing the license of glyphosate.