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A Steak, a Coffee, and a Probable Carcinogen: Why the IARC Glyphosate Classification Was Easy to Ignore
“When they put glyphosate in the same category as red meat and hot drinks, it lost credibility.” South Auckland farmer, 2025
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate...
Robyn’s Story: When the Tests Revealed the Truth Behind Her Symptoms
After years of unexplained illness, Robyn discovered high glyphosate levels through independent testing. Her journey reveals just how deeply it can impact health — and hope.
If It’s in Their Water, What’s in Ours?What a U.S. Pesticide Study Means for New Zealand
A major U.S. study found widespread pesticide exposure in homes, water, and urine. New Zealand isn't testing—so how would we know if it’s happening here too?
The Ministry Hasn’t Asked a Single Expert About Glyphosate
We asked the Ministry for the Environment a simple question about glyphosate. The answer? They haven’t looked. Not even once.
No Testing. No Tracking. No Plans to Change That.
Glyphosate is everywhere — in food, parks, even playgrounds. So why isn’t there any way to test for it in New Zealand? And why does the Ministry seem determined not to know?
What We Still Don’t Know: Why Our Health System Can’t Track Glyphosate Exposure
New OIA documents reveal that New Zealand’s hospital system doesn’t track glyphosate exposure — and no agency appears to be connecting the dots. That’s a problem.
Protecting Whom? When the System Serves Industry Over People
Is our regulatory system really about keeping people safe — or keeping things running smoothly for industry?
How Safe Is Glyphosate in Our Food? Rethinking the Acceptable Daily Intake
We’re told glyphosate is safe because it stays below the Acceptable Daily Intake. But who sets that number — and is it still protecting us?
What If Your ‘Natural’ Food Isn’t? The Glyphosate Nobody Told You About
We tested honey. Then Weet-Bix. Now breakfast cereals. Glyphosate keeps showing up — in foods branded as “natural.” What if the label doesn’t match the truth?
The Chemical Footprint of Modern Life. What NZ’s Breast Milk Studies Reveal
A 2010 study found concerning levels of persistent organic pollutants in the breast milk of New Zealand mothers. Have we done enough to monitor the next generation's chemical exposure?


