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<DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">April
25 (Reuters) - Heavy use of the world's most popular herbicide, Roundup, could
be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson's,
infertility and cancers, according to a new study.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">The
peer-reviewed report, published last week in the scientific journal Entropy,
said evidence indicates that residues of "glyphosate," the chief ingredient in
Roundup weed killer, which is sprayed over millions of acres of crops, has been
found in food.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">Those
residues enhance the damaging effects of other food-borne chemical residues and
toxins in the environment to disrupt normal body functions and induce disease,
according to the report, authored by Stephanie Seneff, a research scientist at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Anthony Samsel, a retired science
consultant from Arthur D. Little, Inc. Samsel is a former private environmental
government contractor as well as a member of the Union of Concerned
Scientists.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">"Negative
impact on the body is insidious and manifests slowly over time as inflammation
damages cellular systems throughout the body," the study says.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">We
"have hit upon something very important that needs to be taken seriously and
further investigated," Seneff said.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">Environmentalists,
consumer groups and plant scientists from several countries have warned that
heavy use of glyphosate is causing problems for plants, people and
animals.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">The
EPA is conducting a standard registration review of glyphosate and has set a
deadline of 2015 for determining if glyphosate use should be limited. The study
is among many comments submitted to the agency.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">Monsanto
is the developer of both Roundup herbicide and a suite of crops that are
genetically altered to withstand being sprayed with the Roundup weed
killer.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">These
biotech crops, including corn, soybeans, canola and sugarbeets, are planted on
millions of acres in the United States annually. Farmers like them because they
can spray Roundup weed killer directly on the crops to kill weeds in the fields
without harming the crops.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px"><B>Roundup
is also popularly used on lawns, gardens and golf courses.</B></SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">Monsanto
and other leading industry experts have said for years that glyphosate is proven
safe, and has a less damaging impact on the environment than other commonly used
chemicals.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">Jerry
Steiner, Monsanto's executive vice president of sustainability, reiterated that
in a recent interview when questioned about the study.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">"We
are very confident in the long track record that glyphosate has. It has been
very, very extensively studied," he said.</SPAN><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><BR style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none; MARGIN: 0px 0px 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-SIZE: 15px">Of
the more than two dozen top herbicides on the market, glyphosate is the most
popular. In 2007, as much as 185 million pounds of glyphosate was used by U.S.
farmers, double the amount used six years ago, according to Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) data.</SPAN></DIV>
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