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To: NowApproachingMidnight

Sure it is not the massive use of pesticides,herbicides, etc by Big Agribiz?


7 posted on 06/09/2014 5:24:22 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: CPT Clay; Vaquero

“Sure it is not the massive use of pesticides,herbicides, etc by Big Agribiz?”

It’s not pesticides but widespread use of the herbicide Roundup that is involved.

Soybean and corn have been genetically modified to be immune to Roundup. This permits Roundup to be heavily sprayed on soy and corn crops without killing those plants.

A side effect has been to reduce or eliminate milkweed from the borders of the crop fields.

Before the GM-Roundup system was developed milkweed would typically grow along the edges of crop fields. Monarchs need milkweed in order to feed and reproduce.


41 posted on 06/09/2014 9:15:45 AM PDT by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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