Apr. 08, 2025
By Rep. David Maloney (R-Berks)
It is no secret that America has a serious health problem – 77% of our military-age men and women can't qualify to serve due to poor health; 13% of our teens have fatty-liver disease; and the United States has the highest level of childhood cancer in history.
According to extensive laboratory testing by the Health Research Institute of menu items in American fast-food restaurants, 40% to 60% of the samples contained the antibiotics Narasin or Monesin, which are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for human use and have been shown to cause severe harm when consumed by humans. More concerning is that it is toxic to horses and dogs at even extremely low levels, leaving their hind legs dysfunctional.
Glyphosate is another chemical used to grow crops. Monsanto developed and patented the use of glyphosate to kill weeds in the early 1970s and first brought it to market in 1974 under the Roundup brand name.
The chemical is so effective it kills all vegetation it touches, unless that vegetation is a GMO crop seed created in a laboratory to be immune to glyphosate and other herbicides. The nemesis of a farmer’s life – keeping weeds at bay 24/7 – is now a thing of the past.
But there are no free rides, and independent laboratory tests confirm that these and other chemicals used in growing remain long after harvest in both processed foods and the raw produce consumed by millions of Americans.
In fact, Bayer, which now manufacturers glyphosate under the trade name Roundup, was
recently ordered by a jury in Georgia to pay about $2.1 billion to a plaintiff who claimed the company's Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.
Many more studies and allegations point toward glyphosate and other herbicides as the cause of many ailments and maladies.
So, if these poisons have such an effect on humans, what about all our wildlife that consume GMO crops doused in poison? Has anyone thought that chemicals which can cripple a horse or dog, or cause cancer, might also do the same to wildlife? Remember, wildlife eats these crops dripping with recently applied chemicals. We wash the produce in the hope of cleaning these chemicals off them, but are we?
The hunting community and game and fish organizations across North America have been struggling to find the cause of what is called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer. Currently, state game policy across America and at the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) is that something called a “prion” causes CWD.
But is there more evidence that glyphosate and other crop chemicals are causing CWD just as it has been linked to human childhood cancer?
While glyphosate was not approved for use in the U.S. until 1974, the herbicides used before that time are even more toxic. The United States Department of Agriculture’s 1967 edition of “Suggested Guide for Weed Control” is typical government-speak for “don’t worry, it’s safe:”
Many herbicides are irritating or potentially dangerous, but they are not hazardous if used properly and if recommended precautions are heeded. Most herbicides have a low acute oral toxicity, but a few are highly toxic to humans, livestock, and wildlife, and some are toxic to fish.
According to PGC and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, deer are eating every last stalk of crops in PA. So, if that is what deer mainly are eating, should we not also expect maladies in them? It is hard to say. Many studies show these chemicals are linked to childhood cancer and other diseases but then turn around and also claim they have no effect on our wildlife.
Why would our government allow these toxins in our food - chemicals that are banned in many other countries? Why do deer eat the grass on the side of the interstate just a few feet away from 75mph traffic? Is it because that is the only green left on our landscape of mismanaged forests and game lands?
I will leave you with a quote from Calley Means, the bestselling co-author of Good Energy and former lobbyist for big food and big pharma:
“There is nothing more profitable than a sick child.”
Representative David Maloney
130th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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