Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
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Re: Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
#2I like when studies show institutional knowledge. Any beekeeper can tell you that RoundUp messes with their hives, this confirms it.
Re: Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
#3I like when studies show institutional knowledge. Any beekeeper can tell you that RoundUp messes with their hives, this confirms it.
I had bees move into a window in my basement years ago, eventually that hive died but a beekeeper set up hives near our creek. A beehive has more departures and arrivals than any airport and the complexity of their behavior is staggering. Any poison that made bees just a little bit stupid could have a major impact on the effectiveness of a hive — and if you take responsibility for bees there is a huge list of problems that can endanger a hive.
Re: Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
#4It's also a neurotoxin in humans: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9101768/
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#6There are applications where glyphosate is perfectly appropriate. The issues with it arise when
A) farmers use it as a crop dissicant in large quantities to make their crops cheaper to harvest, outside the spec of the product and
B) when it's used in unsuitable soil, temperature, and humidity conditions.
In the right conditions it has a half life of a few days and will be completely inert in a couple of weeks. This is a relatively small impact for a pretty big benefit. In poorly suited conditions it can persist for months or years.
We should just make it legal for use in situations where it decays quickly and harmlessly and disallow it's use in jurisdictions where the conditions are not appropriate for it's use. It's just a chemical, like any other chemical as long as it's used responsibly it can deliver incredible benefits. In this case cost-effectively feeding the world.
If the price for all that is some impairment to bumblebees for a few weeks maybe we should weigh that against the benefits and make a rational decision.
Re: Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
#7There are applications where glyphosate is perfectly appropriate. The issues with it arise when A) farmers use it as a crop dissicant in large quantities to make their crops cheaper to harvest, outside the spec of the product and B) when it's used in unsuitable soil, temperature, and humidity conditions. In the right conditions it has a half life of a few days and will be completely inert in a couple of weeks. This i…
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Re: Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
#8I like when studies show institutional knowledge. Any beekeeper can tell you that RoundUp messes with their hives, this confirms it.
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Re: Study shows glyphosate impairs learning in bumblebees
#9I like when studies show institutional knowledge. Any beekeeper can tell you that RoundUp messes with their hives, this confirms it.
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It's easy in America. As soon as your industry becomes big enough you can afford to petition (lobby) the government to write regulations that favor your busines in your industry.
Fortunately any American can petition their government. Collectively we could hire our own lobbyist to write better laws (and regulations).
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
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It's easy in America. As soon as your industry becomes big enough you can afford to petition (lobby) the government to write regulations that favor your busines in your industry. Fortunately any American can petition their government. Collectively we could hire our own lobbyist to write better laws (and regulations).
Meanwhile the EU food safety regulator is okay to continue using it.
https://www.politico.eu/article/glyphosate-is-safe-to-use-in...