Posted on 04/26/2013 10:17:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Glysophate is a non-selective herbicide: it kills everything it touches, so if you used it on your “lawns, gardens, and golf courses” it would KILL your lawns, you gardens and your golf courses.
Once again, we see the level of ignorance that passes as “journalism” in the Statist Media.
I wonder how much ELSE is incorrect in this article?
Yes Mase I guess I am that ignorant. That’s okay I will admit. I have now found out these things:
DDT is safe, hence Monsanto Good + Round Up is safe, hence Monsanto Good + Agent Orange is okay to use (According to the Air Force), hence Monsanto Good = Monsanto Good
1. Monsanto good
2. Monsanto is a favorite target of the left.
If the above two statements are true, why does Monsanto need protection? If Monsanto is a target of the left, why did the left (Obama) sign this “Protection Act” into law?
Inquiring minds want to know.
I was heavily dosed with a now banned pesticide and it ruined my health for years. A neighbor sprayed diazanon at 5X the legal concentration and it filled my house as all the windows were open, and he sprayed his whole yard, 3 feet from my windows.
Pesticides are nasty stuff. People who work with ag chemcials have a much higher rate fo cancer adn respiratory diseases, for starters.
“union of concerned scientists”.
Stopped reading right there.
That’s not too bad. Most people stop reading right at the word “Reuters”. Or they continue reading if they want a laugh . . .
Why does Monsanto need protection from the ignorant? From frivolous lawsuits? Do you really need an answer to that?
Apparently, you are also open to believing everything you read on the internet or anything that fits with your preconceived notions. That makes you similar to all those folks who believed the lies of Rachel Carson and rushed to ban DDT, resulting in the loss of more than a hundred million people, mostly children. Have you ever seen a child suffering from malaria? Up until a decade ago, more than a million people died every year from malaria. Today, thanks to these people being able to use DDT inside their homes to kill and repel mosquitoes, that number has been reduced by half. Still, more than 300,000,000 people contract malaria every year and are forced to deal with the recurring symptoms for the remainder of their lives. What kind of impact do you think that has on poor families trying to keep a step ahead of starvation? Good thing there are people like you in the world to protect them from those thinning egg shells. (and that was a lie too, just fyi)
You don't know jack squat about Monsanto, or any of the products they make and the science supporting them. But like some whiny, scientific illiterate progressive, who wants to occupy these evil companies, you choose to believe the junk science, and outright lies, rather than take the time to educate yourself on the subject. You have no inquiring mind whatsoever. You are just another ignorant Luddite whining like a child who doesn't have a clue on which side his bread is buttered.
I am sorry I stepped on your toes. I just thought one could be part of a discussion even if they were wrong. Thanks for setting me straight.
Same thing was said by liberals that DDT and Deet both were bad. We know better today.
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