Monsanto Roundup Glysophate is being found in our honey and our food. Glysophate is today's asbestos. According to the world health organisation Glysophate causes cancer. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/widely-used-herbicide-linked-to-cancer/ Monsanto genetically engineered crops and turned itself into the world's biggest seller of seeds, has come to represent, in a shorthand way, lots of things that people hate: genetically modified food; patents on seeds; lawsuits against farmers for replanting those seeds; and corporate influence over government food policy. Monsanto's Glyphosate is the worlds most widely used weedkiller, and its product RoundUp herbicide accounts for a third of Monsanto’s total earnings. The compound is routinely – but not exclusively – used on crops that have been genetically engineered to resist it. Several studies have linked blanket spraying with damage to surrounding flora, fauna and the entire food chain. Glyphosate is so ubiquitous that its residues are commonly found in breads, beers and human bodies. More than 99% of people in one recent German survey were found to have traces of the compound in their urine, 75% of them at levels five times the safe limit for water or above. 1.4 million people signed a petition calling for glyphosate to be banned, citizen concerns deserved to be listened to. Pascal Vollenweider, the campaign director of Avaaz, which organised the poll, said: “Governments are beginning to understand that their citizens refuse to be treated as lab rats. Monsanto and other chemical giants are used to getting their way, but public pressure has forced politicians to stand firm behind the precautionary principle.” Germany along with Sweden and Italy oppose the relicensing is thought to have been led by France, which has banned the substance. Australia has yet to enter into this conversation. While the rest of the world labels Roundup carcinogenic the lobbying power of the pharmaceutical giant means Australians will continue to be poisoned and led to believe this product is safe. When asked about the latest science Ms Arthy from APVMA who regulates the labelling said we finalised our own review of glyphosate in 1996, she is going with the primitive research. We see this product being used by shires and schools near children and pets around Australia. In a recent US study. Of the 69 honey samples tested, 41 of them (59%) had glyphosate concentrations above the method LOQ (15 ppb), with a concentration range between 17 and 163 ppb and a mean of 64 ppb. And it wasn’t just commercial honey that was tainted; 5 of the 11 samples of organic honey contained high levels of glyphosate. Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2012, there were 14 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. The number of new cancer cases will rise to 22 million within the next two decades. In 2014 United States an estimated 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 were diagnosed with cancer and 1,960 died of the disease. Cancer has become a industry rather than preventative medicine. National expenditures for cancer care in the United States totalled nearly $125 billion in 2010 and could reach $156 billion in 2020. We need to change our food system according to the United Nations the way to feed the world is small scale localised farming. Better quality food , low food miles more employment opportunities.