[La Lydia]

This is doubly confusing because Monsanto also makes a weed killer called Roundup. So I read several paragraph before I figured out this is talking about GM food.

[Marty62]

I wonder if this development is part of the reason the EPA wants Dairy Cattle MILK regulated as a biohazard?

[Graybeard58]

Monsanto also makes a weed killer called Roundup. So I read several paragraph before I figured out this is talking about GM food.

Me too. I use lots of Roundup weed killer every year. Had me fretting there for a few secs.

[Semper911]

This is doubly confusing because Monsanto also makes a weed killer called Roundup

It's the same Roundup. Monsanto has engineered plants (and of course their seeds) that are immune to Roundup, so they can spray it on the fields at will and it only kills the weeds.

The "RR" reference in the article stands for Roundup Ready.

[xjcsa]

This is doubly confusing because Monsanto also makes a weed killer called Roundup. So I read several paragraph before I figured out this is talking about GM food.

Roundup-ready crops are genetically modified to tolerate the application of Roundup as an agricultural herbicide.

[Balding_Eagle]

This is doubly confusing because Monsanto also makes a weed killer called Roundup. So I read several paragraph before I figured out this is talking about GM food.

It was meant to be confusing.

The source is a bunch of raving lunatics who know, just as with global warming, the truth won't suffice.

[Cyber Liberty]

This is doubly confusing because Monsanto also makes a weed killer called Roundup. So I read several paragraph before I figured out this is talking about GM food.

Yeah, dittos. If not for Roundup, I wouldn't have a yard.