Subscribe to Receive the Daily Report

Saturday, December 19th, 2015

85% of Tampons Contain Monsanto’s ‘Cancer Causing’ Glyphosate

Author:     Lorraine Chow
Source:     EcoWatch
Publication Date:     October 26, 2015 1:44 pm
 Link: 85% of Tampons Contain Monsanto’s ‘Cancer Causing’ Glyphosate
Stephan:   I presented this story in two earlier parts, one the statement of the physicians in the area where this study took place. Here is the latest confirming the initial assessment, and now formally presented. Yet another example of a society that makes profit the social priority. Inevitably people suffer.  We won't know the full effects of this contamination for years, but we do know it won't be good.
“Eighty-five percent of all samples tested positive for glyphosate and 62 percent for AMPA, which is the environmental metabolite, but in the case of cotton and sterile cotton gauze the figure was 100 percent,” Dr. Damian Marino, the study’s head researcher. Credit: Shutterstock

“Eighty-five percent of all samples tested positive for glyphosate and 62 percent for AMPA, which is the environmental metabolite, but in the case of cotton and sterile cotton gauze the figure was 100 percent,” Dr. Damian Marino, the study’s head researcher.
Credit: Shutterstock

Glyphosate, a widely popular herbicide that has been linked to cancer by the World Health Organization’s cancer research arm, was detected in 85 percent of cotton hygiene products tested in a preliminary study from researchers at the University of La Plata in Argentina.

Sixty-two percent of the samples also tested positive for AMPA (or aminomethylphosphonic acid), a derivative of glyphosate. (emphasis added)

According to Revolution News, the samples—which included gauze, swabs, wipes and feminine care products […]

Read the Full Article