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Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

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Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#11
The funny thing is we have less herbicides because of Roundup. The option is we starve the world, because we will not be able to product enough wheat etc. or we use stronger herbicides.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/organic-farming-y...

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#12
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldnt drink a glass somebody with a clear agenda gave me. Who knows what else they would have laced it with. Man throws up after ingesting glyphosate is a great title too if they put anything in it to make me vomit. Or it might just not be wise to drink so much so quickly: man refuse to drink 20 gallons of water, could it be cancerous?

I have been told that urine is perfectly safe to drink by many people, yet not a single one of them agreed to drink a glass of it that I provided.

What'd you have for lunch? I might know a guy who's into that.

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#13
post #8

"Monsanto Advocate Says Roundup Is Safe Enough To Drink, Then Refuses To Drink It" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/monsanto-roundup-pa...

But this guy did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sgEhpHM4k

Not going to click... Not going to click...

Oh wait. It's exactly what you said it was. He made the exact same arguments I did. Pretty cool.

LOL: glyphosate, fracking fluid, artificial sweetener, salt and a red bull chaser. And what I'm pretty sure was an unorganic lemon.

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#14
post #11

The funny thing is we have less herbicides because of Roundup. The option is we starve the world, because we will not be able to product enough wheat etc. or we use stronger herbicides. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/organic-farming-y...

The issue is not the existence of Roundup but Monsanto's apparent failure to inform people of its known dangers.

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#15
post #8

"Monsanto Advocate Says Roundup Is Safe Enough To Drink, Then Refuses To Drink It" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/monsanto-roundup-pa...

But this guy did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sgEhpHM4k

And this guy drinks cyanide: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bWNpO5vvhpk

My point is that being able to drink one glass of the stuff doesn't really tell me much.

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#18

I think the proper comparison is Roundup verses other herbicides. It that comparative analysis, it definitely wins.

Especially vs other broad spectrum herbicides.

We used this one year as a no till knock down:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat

The skull and cross bones on the label was bad enough but seeing what even the smallest of drops did to plants was an eye opener. A droplet small enough to blow 30 feet in the air was enough to make a yellow spot on any plant it landed on.

It is also linked to Parkinson's disease.

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#19
post #11

The funny thing is we have less herbicides because of Roundup. The option is we starve the world, because we will not be able to product enough wheat etc. or we use stronger herbicides. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/organic-farming-y...

The issue is not the existence of Roundup but Monsanto's apparent failure to inform people of its known dangers.

/s/apparent/alleged

Re: Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents

#20
post #18

I think the proper comparison is Roundup verses other herbicides. It that comparative analysis, it definitely wins.

Especially vs other broad spectrum herbicides. We used this one year as a no till knock down: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat The skull and cross bones on the label was bad enough but seeing what even the smallest of drops did to plants was an eye opener. A droplet small enough to blow 30 feet in the air was enough to make a yellow spot on any plant it landed on. It is also linked to Parkinson's disease.

I would not drink that.
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