Birth defects Quote by Judith D. Schwartz

“. The Truth: In this case the negative effects completely outweigh the positive. Sure, GM crops may be “no-till,” but we have effectively increased…

— Matthew Johnson

Glyphosate is only one of more than 80,000 registered commercially produced chemicals in the U.S. Some of these compounds, such as PFOA and the…

— Erin Brockovich

At least three studies, in the U.S., Canada and Sweden, have linked glyphosate exposure to the disease, and in 2015, the World Health Organization's…

— Erin Brockovich

The World Health Organization recently concluded that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the most-used herbicide on GMOs, is "possibly carcinogenic to humans." What's even…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

At this moment, glyphosate is the biggest threat. And because of its overuse, we are seeing the emergence of superweeds, which have grown resistant…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

Before Alar, there was EDB, a potent human carcinogen allowed in the grain supply and other food for more than a decade after it…

— Al Meyerhoff

I wonder if one can view risk like a drug, beneficial to the organism in the proper dose. Too much or too little may…

— Tom Hornbein

Government and other scientists have identified hundreds of chemicals that are linked to diseases in small concentrations and that are unregulated in drinking water…

— Charles Duhigg

“According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Academy of Sciences, standard chemicals are up to ten times more toxic to children…

— Karl Weber

The standard approach has been to pump up the dosage of chemicals ... Twenty percent of these approved-for-use pesticides are listed by the EPA…

— Barbara Kingsolver

The effort to eliminate synthetic pesticides because of unsubstantiated fears about residues in food will make fruits and vegetables more expensive, decrease consumption, and…

— Bruce Ames

everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.

— Jane Smiley