Glyphosate a worry 'from cradle to grave'

[Cherry Lavell]

Dear All

This short extract from Sustainable Pulse’s message of 27 June refers to something I suppose few of us knew about -- that the phosphate ore needed to produce glyphosate is actually mined, very destructively, from mountain tops, and that a new site is now needed nearby to keep the supply going. An application to allow that is now being considered by the US Bureau of Land Management. Considerable environmental damage will result, not least to Native American lives as they depend on the land and its wildlife. A short extract from that piece can be found here --

 

“From the cradle to the grave, glyphosate is deeply problematic,” said Hannah Connor, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, which has submitted critical comments to the BLM on the project and is considering legal action. “The environmental costs begin with open-pit mines that destroy hundreds of acres of habitat critical to the survival of imperiled species and end with a pesticide that harms wildlife and people. It’s pretty disturbing.”

 

See also https://sustainablepulse.com/ for more.

Best wishes

Cherry

 

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