sent 2/26/14 Subject: glyphosate (aka Roundup): really bad stuff in our food; eat
organic if you can
There are two things in this, related. This first came from a beloved member of my family. I can and do hereby certify as to her intelligence.
There are two things in this, related. This first came from a beloved member of my family. I can and do hereby certify as to her intelligence.
1. Correlation, so not proof. But interesting nonetheless. I had my intestinal meltdown in 2001 which is the beginning of the ramp up on the charts. So I am one of the stats shown.This is from yesterday's paper, on glyphosate:
More reason to eat organic, as if you needed more.
http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/glyphosate-wheat-and-intestinal-disease#slide=3
Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup, the herbicide widely applied to GMO crops which have been genetically altered to be immune to it. So it kills the weeds not the corn, wheat, canola, soybeans. Read the Wikipedia page on glyphosate, originally developed as a chemical warfare agent.
2. "Limits sought on weed killer to help monarch butterflies"I guess for once I'll make a suggestion: Those of us who might be able to eat organic probably should do so in addition to anything else you may be inspired to do about this not-so-great thing out of Monsanto.
Read more here:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/25/219337/limits-sought-on-weed-killer-to.html#emlnl=Environment_Newsletter#storylink=cpy
Larry
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Larry, thanks for greenmedinfo.com
It gives a lot of important reasons for opposing GMO and the pesticides and herbicides that are spread around and the people in regulatory agencies who help Monsanto and other companies.
This time in early early Spring, I want to get to the DOT of NY and get them to spread less herbicides on every single road side as if we would not see it without a splash of dead grass next to it. A good example of what happens when weeds are allowed to thrive by the roadside is the Seneca Indian Reservation with man high weeds and beautiful tiny flowers on and we need it for beauty and the bees and pollinators need the food and we do not need the toxins from the herbicides.
Why not hire people to use weed whackers and get to work on any road sides which need the weeds to be whacked-- that is not all the signs at all.
We also need more education about the toxic effect of pesticides and weedkillers and for example the weedkillers live on forever in the water and should not be spread near a creek or even allowed to erode the soil next to a roadside and that is how the water gets contaminated and the frogs and salamanders die with the humans.
Lots of work to do even if we PERSONALLY are not affected-- we need to expand our interest to include others as well as plants and animals.
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Larry, thanks for greenmedinfo.com
It gives a lot of important reasons for opposing GMO and the pesticides and herbicides that are spread around and the people in regulatory agencies who help Monsanto and other companies.
This time in early early Spring, I want to get to the DOT of NY and get them to spread less herbicides on every single road side as if we would not see it without a splash of dead grass next to it. A good example of what happens when weeds are allowed to thrive by the roadside is the Seneca Indian Reservation with man high weeds and beautiful tiny flowers on and we need it for beauty and the bees and pollinators need the food and we do not need the toxins from the herbicides.
Why not hire people to use weed whackers and get to work on any road sides which need the weeds to be whacked-- that is not all the signs at all.
We also need more education about the toxic effect of pesticides and weedkillers and for example the weedkillers live on forever in the water and should not be spread near a creek or even allowed to erode the soil next to a roadside and that is how the water gets contaminated and the frogs and salamanders die with the humans.
Lots of work to do even if we PERSONALLY are not affected-- we need to expand our interest to include others as well as plants and animals.
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