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Presence vs Amount: What Testing Can (and Can’t) Tell Us
When we talk about glyphosate testing, most people assume it means measuring exact amounts. But environmental testing often starts with a simpler question: is it present at all? This explainer unpacks what screening tests can — and can’t — tell us, and why presence matters before dose.
Glyphosate, Playgrounds, and the Illusion of Safety. Why Would New Zealand Be Any Different?
After glyphosate residues were found in UK playgrounds, questions are being asked about children’s exposure. With routine spraying across New Zealand, why would our playgrounds be any different?
When “Best Practice” Isn’t in the Contract
Whangārei District Council reviewed its use of glyphosate following public concern and a roadside spraying complaint. While safety improvements were recommended, many were not written into contracts. This article examines what changed, what didn’t, and why regulatory assumptions matter when spraying occurs in public spaces.
We Tested Four Popular Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs for Glyphosate — Here’s What We Found
We independently tested four widely sold Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs for glyphosate and related herbicides. Here’s what the lab results showed — and what “not detected” really means.
When “No Food Safety Risk” Still Means a Trade Risk
How can a food be considered safe to eat, yet still raise trade and reputational concerns? Using glyphosate in honey as an example, this article explores what “safe” really means.
MPI Honey Testing vs Independent Testing — What the Numbers Tell Us
MPI testing has found glyphosate residues in New Zealand honey before. Our independent testing asks a different question: how common are those residues when you look closely at retail products?
Endocrine Disruption & Glyphosate-Based Herbicides: A Four-Part Investigative Series
Hormones guide development, fertility, metabolism, and the health of entire ecosystems — yet endocrine disruption remains one of the biggest blind spots in New Zealand’s chemical safety system. This four-part investigative series examines what glyphosate-based herbicides are doing to hormonal systems across species and why regulators still can’t see the risks.
Why Regulators Fail to Detect Hormone Disruption in Glyphosate Exposure
New Zealand still evaluates glyphosate with tests that can’t detect the low-dose, timing-specific endocrine effects modern science has uncovered. This final article in our series explores how the regulatory system fell behind—and why it still can’t see the risks right in front of us.
What Endocrine Disruption Means for People, Animals, and the Environment
Endocrine disruption isn’t abstract — it shows up in humans, farm animals, wildlife, and entire ecosystems. This article explores what those hormonal shifts look like in the real world, and why the science points to far more than a lab-based concern.
Is Glyphosate an Endocrine Disruptor? What the Science Says
Is glyphosate an endocrine disruptor? New research suggests it might be, with studies showing hormonal interference in human cells, animals, and wildlife. This article explores what the evidence shows — and why regulators may be overlooking one of glyphosate’s most important risks.
What Is the Endocrine System? A Simple Guide to Hormones and Chemical Disruption
Most people don’t know what the endocrine system actually is — or how easily it can be disrupted by everyday chemicals. This simple guide explains how hormones work, why tiny changes matter, and why endocrine disruption is emerging as one of the biggest public-health blind spots.
Why Vineyards Are Walking Away from Roundup — And What Regulators Aren’t Seeing
Napa Valley’s top vineyards have stopped using Roundup after questions about soil health, consumer trust, and long-term vine resilience became impossible to ignore. Their shift away from glyphosate reveals a deeper story — one New Zealand’s growers and councils may need to confront sooner rather than later.
Digital Labels and Cheap Imports: What New Zealand Needs to Know
MPI’s digital labelling trial promises lower prices — but by reducing the cost of importing food rather than supporting New Zealand growers. This article explains how digital labels weaken transparency, encourage offshore sourcing, and risk long-term impacts on local producers, food sovereignty, and consumer choice.
The Online Shopping Blind Spot: What MPI Overlooked in Its Digital Labelling Trial
Online grocery shoppers can’t see product labels until food arrives — and that makes MPI’s digital labelling trial especially risky. This article explains why removing information from physical labels could undermine safety, allergens, substitutions, and traceability for New Zealand households.
Digital Food Labels: A Trojan Horse for Removing Your Right to Know
MPI’s “digital labelling trial” sounds harmless — but it may be the first step toward removing vital information from food labels and hiding it behind QR codes. From allergen risks to enforcement gaps, here’s why New Zealand shoppers should be paying close attention before this becomes permanent.
Ask Your School or Council to Suspend Glyphosate Use
A key glyphosate “safety” study has been retracted for ghostwriting and hidden conflicts. Use our ready-to-send templates to ask your school or council to pause glyphosate use.
The Ghostwritten Glyphosate Study That Misled Regulators for 25 Years
A cornerstone glyphosate “safety” study used by regulators for decades has just been retracted — after evidence showed it was ghostwritten by Monsanto. This changes everything about how glyphosate risk has been assessed, including here in New Zealand.
Glyphosate, Farming Rights, and the High Cost of Chemical Convenience
Farmers may have the right to farm — but do they have the right to pollute? As glyphosate residues turn up in bread, honey, milk and feed, who’s protecting our food?
Digital Labels and the Illusion of Transparency: What Happens When the Truth Lives Online?
Digital food labels are being sold as “modernisation,” but do they actually improve transparency? A new U.S. ruling warns that QR-only disclosure hides vital information. Here’s what New Zealand risks as labels move online — and what consumers still won’t see.
Melanoma Risk and Glyphosate: What NZ Can Learn from New Global Research
Melanoma has long been framed as New Zealand’s “sunlight problem.” But new international research suggests herbicide exposure may also play a role — even after UV is accounted for. Could the same patterns be unfolding here? It’s time to ask harder questions about our chemical landscape.
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