
Carey Gillam | The Monsanto Papers, Glyphosate Damage, & Corrupted Science
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Pesticides and Monarch Butterfly Populations
Glyphesade has been found to be damaging to the monarch butterfly population. Monarchs are known to be not only an iconic sort of ido image, north american image, representing wild life and beauty. But they have been on a marked decline that has been shown to be directly tied to this widespread use of glyphesade. And there is something to be said about polinaters too. As you say, it's in organic honey. There's a lot of talk about the bees, saving the bees, the whole house of cards will fall apart if some happen to the bees. But it apparently has a pretty damning effect on bees and monarchs as well.
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