One Million Signatures Gathered in “Record Time” With Goal of Banning Cancer-Linked Monsanto Weedkiller in Europe

By Nick Meyer

The Monsanto Company has been in the news for countless reasons over the past few years, but perhaps no single event has been bigger than the World Health Organization’s IARC declaration that glyphosate is a “probable human carcinogen.”

The main ingredient in Monsanto’s top selling weed killer Roundup has come under scrutiny from activists and government regulators as the debate continues as to how harmful it really is after all.

While Europe has taken the lead in squeezing out Monsanto’s GMOs and associated chemicals, many citizens don’t believe they’ve gone far enough, and now they’re raising their voices even louder.

Over 1 Million Sign Petition Over Monsanto Chemical

According to this article from Phys.org and several other websites, over one million people have signed a petition demanding that the European Union issue a ban on glyphosate.

“In less than five months, more than one million EU citizens have joined our call for a glyphosate ban,” said David Schwartz, coordinator at the European Citizens Initiative, said to AFP. His organization is the originator of the petition, which is concerned about the alleged cancer causing effects.

“European citizens aren’t fooled by the pesticide industry’s lobbying efforts or the faulty science it’s peddling,” he said.

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