Glyphosate - related to bee decline

[tcreeley]

Who would put that stuff in their well ?

runoff - carried in the water after rain, finds its way into our water

 

[PJSprog]

Monsanto is an evil corporation.

How Monsanto Captured the EPA輸nd Twisted Science裕o Keep Glyphosate on the Market

Monsanto and the EPA have been lying to us for years about Roundup | TheHill

Don稚 let EPA and Monsanto hide the truth about Roundup

Pruitt's EPA Defending Monsanto's Glyphosate Herbicides | NRDC

Monsanto was recently gobbled up by Bayer, and that name no longer exists as a brand. You'll have to hate on a different name now.

 

[tcreeley]

I don't know many people who eat Christmas Trees, nor do I know of a tree which has been genetically modified so that you can spray an herbicide on it. I don't have a problem with responsible use of that and other pesticides, I just don't believe that it's a cure-all as Monsanto would have us believe. I've said it before; I consider GMOs to be the biggest threat out there now to our food chain.

Years ago I took a 3 credit herbicide course; the instructor stated that all Agent Orange ever caused was acne, and DDT didn't cause problems, it was the added ingredients which caused problems. That and a few other things have given me a rather cynical look toward the leaders in the pesticide field.

My wife used to work with children born to vets who had been exposed to agent orange - Fort Devens area in Mass. The kids had diminished brains, and in some cases - just brain stems. Good old agent orange. Talk to vets who were exposed - the VA is even now starting to recognize it!

 

[Diggin It]

You sure that wasn't due to the outbreak of avian flu in the midwest? Tens of millions of laying hens in egg factory farms were killed to make sure it didn't spread.

Word at the time was it was due to a new law about free range hens, or at least not confined space cages. Since so many farms were selling to fast food companies and so many of their places were in CA, the costs spread out nationwide. I just know they went from under a dollar a dozen to over three dollars a dozen in a matter of days.

 

[LouNY]

That was the retail price, check out the wholesale price, it was a minimal change

 

[fishheadbob]

My wife used to work with children born to vets who had been exposed to agent orange - Fort Devens area in Mass. The kids had diminished brains, and in some cases - just brain stems. Good old agent orange. Talk to vets who were exposed - the VA is even now starting to recognize it!

I don't recall what nasty stuff was in Agent Orange but not likely glyphosate which wasn't invented until 1994, and not heavily marketed until a few years later. Viet Nam was pretty wound down by then. Always good to know that Uncle Sam was looking out for the boys.

 

[aczlan]

I don't recall what nasty stuff was in Agent Orange but not likely glyphosate which wasn't invented until 1994, and not heavily marketed until a few years later. Viet Nam was pretty wound down by then. Always good to know that Uncle Sam was looking out for the boys.

Wasn't it 2-4d that was in Agent Orange?

Word at the time was it was due to a new law about free range hens, or at least not confined space cages. Since so many farms were selling to fast food companies and so many of their places were in CA, the costs spread out nationwide. I just know they went from under a dollar a dozen to over three dollars a dozen in a matter of days.

I have a friend who was on one of the teams who was putting down the chickens and making sure the henhouses were clean afterwards. There were a LOT of chickens that were put down.

Aaron Z

 

[grnspot110]

2-4-D & 2-4-5-T!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

runoff - carried in the water after rain, finds its way into our water

If runoff is going in your well, you have another problem...

 

[turnkey4099]

Define 'reliable sites'.

Ones where reputable scientists report findings. Over to y0ou to ask "define reputable". I'll leave it to you to supply your definition which probably will include "one's that agree with my opinion"