Sign the petition to remove Monsanto's cancer-causing Roundup

Sign the petition to remove Monsanto's cancer-causing Roundup

Did you know that your local Lowe's or Home Depot store has shelves filled with a toxic substance that an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared to be a probable human carcinogen? This substance is known as glyphosate; it's commonly marketed as the herbicide "Roundup" for killing weeds, and two new Change.org petitions are seeking its immediate removal from the market in the interest of public safety.

Created by Natural News, the joint petitions call on these major home improvement chains to take notice of the latest research on glyphosate and take immediate action. There's no reason why these stores should continue to sell a substance linked to cancerous tumor growth, human cell death, chronic kidney disease and many other serious health problems.

Many of our readers already know that Roundup is sprayed commercially on millions of acres of genetically engineered crops, polluting both the food supply and our environment. But this same deadly product is sold in the nursery section of your local hardware store or big box chain store for use in home gardens and lawns, where animals roam about and where children play.

By continuing to sell this product, Lowe's and Home Depot are contributing to the glyphosate-induced health epidemic sweeping our nation. Roundup is also destroying the lives of indigenous people groups throughout South America, where millions of acres of untouched rainforest are being bulldozed to make way for genetically modified soy plantations.

"Carrying this product is irresponsible and endangers the health of the public and particularly children," warns both petitions.

Please read and sign the petitions at the following links:

Home Depot:

Lowe's:

EPA has known since 1985 that glyphosate causes cancer, but has done nothing

Astonishingly, our own Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been aware of glyphosate's carcinogenicity since at least 1985 when scientists found that rats exposed to the herbicide developed cancerous tumors. But the regulatory body never did anything with this information, instead allowing glyphosate use to expand and become the world's most popular herbicide.

"On the basis of tumours in mice, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) originally classified glyphosate as possibly carcinogenic to humans... in 1985," explains a press release issued by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on March 20, 2015.

"The IARC Working Group that conducted the evaluation considered the significant findings from the US EPA report and several more recent positive results in concluding that there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals," adds the release. Read more