Correlation doesn't equal causation" sounds like a rule of science. It isn't — it's a caveat, turned into a conversation-ending weapon by whoever's losing the argument. NMGNZ investigates who actually reaches for that phrase, and when, tracing the same pattern from the tobacco industry's decades-long denial of the smoking-cancer link to the glyphosate debate playing out today.
Following our recent story on Canterbury's Crohn's rates, a New Zealand woman contacted us to share her family's story of cancer, illness, and a Crohn's diagnosis that came without warning — and without a hereditary explanation anyone can point...
IARC has rated glyphosate "probably carcinogenic" since 2015 — the same rating given to red meat, talc and night shift work. Three prompted swift regulatory or compensatory action. Glyphosate got a $17 million industry campaign instead, and New Zealand's EPA has never reassessed it.
Canterbury has one of the highest Crohn's disease rates ever recorded anywhere on earth — and cases have nearly tripled since 2006. New Zealand has no dedicated research programme asking whether glyphosate exposure plays a role. This investigation examines the emerging science, the regulatory gaps, and the questions nobody is asking.
When Alan started reacting to certain foods with violent diarrhoea, he had no idea it would lead back to a mystery illness that began in a plastic greenhouse in 1991. Through years of careful observation — including a simple experiment swapping pork for beef — he pieced together a connection to glyphosate that changed the way he eats, shops, and grows his own food.
Seventeen independent scientists classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic. Over 100,000 people sued. Bayer paid billions. And in New Zealand, you can still buy it next to your groceries — with no warning on the label. The precautionary principle was built to prevent exactly this. So what happened to it?
Over a million New Zealanders may be living with fatty liver disease without knowing it. Peer-reviewed research is now linking glyphosate — the world's most widely used herbicide — to its rise. Children near agricultural areas are among the most vulnerable. This investigation explores the evidence, the mechanisms, and what New Zealand isn't yet measuring.
A landmark scientific review has confirmed that gut microbes act as gatekeepers of oestrogen metabolism — and that disrupting them may contribute to hormone-driven cancers. No More Glyphosate NZ asks the question the researchers didn't: what role might glyphosate, a patented antimicrobial present in our daily food supply, be playing in that disruption?
Celiac disease has risen nearly tenfold in New Zealand over three decades. Genetics cannot explain it. But emerging research points to a specific biological mechanism: glyphosate may be depleting the gut bacteria — called Rothia — that break down gluten before it can trigger an immune response. The question is whether anyone in authority is paying attention.
New Zealand has 14,000 people living with Parkinson's disease — a number heading to 20,000 by 2040. France, Germany, and Italy have already recognised it as an occupational disease linked to pesticide exposure. New Zealand has no research programme, no recognition, and no plan. That needs to change.
