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jomin41

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31. I, for one, appreciate the effort to

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:45 PM

Jun 2016

inform us of what is in our food, air, water, soil and bodies. First of all, it's important to know, even if the levels are low, what it is and what it may do. It gives us a baseline to compare to in the future. Secondly, I think it's important to know what total exposure we have experienced. Just because we are swimming in a toxic soup doesn't mean we shouldn't try to know and understand the effects, good, bad, or indifferent, on our health of each component of that soup. Regardless of the veracity of this particular O.P.,It's a good thing to have it discussed (and cussed lol).

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Houston, We Have a Glyphosate Problem [View all] JohnyCanuck Jun 2016 OP

8.53 for a 16oz jar of peanut butter!? Rex Jun 2016 #1

If all our food would be organic and government subsidized instead of gmos then the cost of Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #65

So why are non-subsidized foods more expensive when they are organic? Major Nikon Jun 2016 #75

crickets..... deaniac21 Jun 2016 #89

Always very reasonable at the Whole Foods in Albuquerque womanofthehills Jun 2016 #93

"On average, organic foods were 47 percent more expensive," Major Nikon Jun 2016 #94

Did you actually think any of us wouldn't check your bullshit website? Archae Jun 2016 #2

You're telling me naturalblaze.com isn't on the cutting edge of real science ??? Bonx Jun 2016 #5

Samsel and Seneff alone should have alerted him to know that this is nonsense. HuckleB Jun 2016 #10

The overuse of pesticides herbacides and insecticides kills the soil felix_numinous Jun 2016 #3

Woo squared Major Nikon Jun 2016 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author felix_numinous Jun 2016 #55

Do you know what "occupational exposure" means? Major Nikon Jun 2016 #59

They lost me at "The Glyphosate-Autism Connection" KamaAina Jun 2016 #4

Glyphosate apparently is the cause of all human misery, if you were to listen to some of DU's... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #7

Samsel and Seneff! They found that everything is caused by glyphosate! HuckleB Jun 2016 #11

The author is a batshit crazy promoter of "New World Order" conspiracy theories Major Nikon Jun 2016 #63

Is there any evidence of any of the wild claims about the toxicity of glyphosate from your website? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #6

Glyphosate is only 40% of Roundup - 60% other toxic chemicals womanofthehills Jun 2016 #9

I took me less than 5 seconds of googling to determine that you and that article... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #14

Actually you are wrong - 59 % of Roundup is POEA usually contaminated with dioxane womanofthehills Jun 2016 #17

Which is about as toxic as table salt, do you want to dig yourself in any further? n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #18

Not according to Scientific American - it's DEADLY TO HUMAN CELLS womanofthehills Jun 2016 #20

Its a surfactant, of course its deadly to human cells, so is Dawn and a lot of other soaps.... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #23

You know we have to go there. HuckleB Jun 2016 #25

Roundup was found in this experiment to be 125 TIMES MORE TOXIC than glyphosate womanofthehills Jun 2016 #26

Again with Seralini, do you have a non-biased source? n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #27

Follow the hyperlinks deep into the weeds here (The Guardian, NRDC) and maybe reconsider. proverbialwisdom Jun 2016 #51

I'll take that as a no Major Nikon Jun 2016 #57

Do you purposely mischaracterize the information I post or simply fail to review the links? (nt) proverbialwisdom Jun 2016 #88

Neither Major Nikon Jun 2016 #92

Why does Scientific American hate science!? villager Jun 2016 #102

POEA makes Roundup much more toxic womanofthehills Jun 2016 #19

Kinda funny how you didn't list the source Major Nikon Jun 2016 #60

You need to see this! kentauros Jun 2016 #52

Oh for fuck's sake, what the fucking fuck is up with that fucking shit? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #56

Even though it's completely, and utterly, off-topic, kentauros Jun 2016 #58

Same batshit crazy source claims Bundy is right Major Nikon Jun 2016 #54

It's getting bad when Taiwan sends the US back it's Quaker Oats - glyphosate levels too high womanofthehills Jun 2016 #8

Glyphosate also in eggs (even organic) bagels, potaotes, non GMO soy creamer womanofthehills Jun 2016 #12

And? Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #15

Obviously you have no problem with the food supply being contamined with Roundup womanofthehills Jun 2016 #21

I don't, I eat the same foods with the same contamination you do, the difference is that I know... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #24

How can you possibly know the levels when womanofthehills Jun 2016 #28

I could drink the concentrate, and outside of the surfactants reacting badly with my stomach... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #30

People who actually drank Roundup - and from (Republican) Forbes womanofthehills Jun 2016 #43

41% concentration Major Nikon Jun 2016 #61

Really? proverbialwisdom Jun 2016 #22

Just looks like your usual MO of throwing a lot off shit against the wall to see what sticks Major Nikon Jun 2016 #62

ORGANIC, ORGANIC, ORGANIC...University of California San Francisco...implicitly opposes glyphosate. proverbialwisdom Jun 2016 #69

Actually they have almost nothing to say on the subject Major Nikon Jun 2016 #70

Good, Better... "Best -> Eat locally grown, organic food" (translates as nonGMO, glyphosate free). proverbialwisdom Jun 2016 #73

You can make whatever strawmen you like Major Nikon Jun 2016 #74

FYI, CDC and Science Daily both use the word "toxic" plus the preferred "environmental exposure." proverbialwisdom Jun 2016 #71

Water is a toxic chemical Major Nikon Jun 2016 #72

You made the Google University Honor Roll! HuckleB Jun 2016 #13

We were mislead libodem Jun 2016 #16

You would have to consume a lot of pure glyphosate for it to affect your gut flora, not the 3... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #29

3 or 40 parts per million in every bite you take womanofthehills Jun 2016 #35

Those are all levels far too low to be of clinical significance. n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #36

No one really knows the levels yet? womanofthehills Jun 2016 #44

We were really mislead - No USDA tests for glyphosate womanofthehills Jun 2016 #33

Earlier you said it was the FDA Major Nikon Jun 2016 #68

Whoops. HuckleB Jun 2016 #41

I, for one, appreciate the effort to jomin41 Jun 2016 #31

There's a difference between providing information and scaremongering. Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #34

It's the most used herbicide in the whole world & it is scary womanofthehills Jun 2016 #37

You illustrate my point perfectly, thank you. n/t Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #38

Roundup caused grandpa to get the piles! Major Nikon Jun 2016 #87

K&R ReRe Jun 2016 #32

You might want a bit more information. HuckleB Jun 2016 #40

Monsanto & Dow are members of www.wafriend.org womanofthehills Jun 2016 #76

Anti-GM0propaganda that has nothing to with the science. HuckleB Jun 2016 #79

POSTS OF CHARTS - written by Monsanto lobbyists womanofthehills Jun 2016 #98

Are you seriously accusing anyone else of misinformation? Major Nikon Jun 2016 #100

A little context. HuckleB Jun 2016 #39

Monsanto and Dow are part of this "friends of farms & forests" joke!! womanofthehills Jun 2016 #78

You posts are pointless. HuckleB Jun 2016 #80

This OP is a good example of When Media Uncritically Cover Pseudoscience HuckleB Jun 2016 #42

OMG! You are posting articles by written by admitted Monsanto shills on DU womanofthehills Jun 2016 #46

Did you forget that honesty matters? HuckleB Jun 2016 #49

You realize that Skinner cares about science. HuckleB Jun 2016 #50

I don't think he cares for "science" from Republican Monsanto shills womanofthehills Jun 2016 #77

The science on GMOs is overwhelmingly clear. HuckleB Jun 2016 #81

You're talking about someone who is a shill for Big-Crazy® Major Nikon Jun 2016 #84

In this case, it's starting to seem plausible. HuckleB Jun 2016 #85

If they are safe why do all these countries not want them? Answer Please!! womanofthehills Jun 2016 #99

Every EU country imports GMO Major Nikon Jun 2016 #103

They all eat them, and not one can justify a thing with science. HuckleB Jun 2016 #104

Where do you even come up with shit this crazy? Oh, right wing Mercola! Major Nikon Jun 2016 #82

You realize the OP is channeling Alex Fucking Jones? Major Nikon Jun 2016 #64

Leaky Brains And Anti-Science GMO Demonization Is Bizarre And Harmful HuckleB Jun 2016 #45

and you post a 2nd article by Monsanto admitted shill Keith Kloor womanofthehills Jun 2016 #47

And you make a baseless claim, as you always do. HuckleB Jun 2016 #48

Ironically, Keith Kloor was writing about the deranged wing of the anti-GMO movement Major Nikon Jun 2016 #67

fucking monsanto isnt just killing weeds, its killing the entire ecosystem.... Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #66

Monsanto! Ooogy boogy! Archae Jun 2016 #83

American version of IGFarben. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #105

Yeah comapnies that no longer have the bastards in charge. Archae Jun 2016 #106

Meet the new boss, he's the same as the old boss. ZyklonB-3rd generation. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #107

Bull...shit. Archae Jun 2016 #108

History always repeats itself, especially the doings of the economic royalists. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #109

Monsanto is a real corporation doing real harm, not a strawman at all Scientific Jun 2016 #86

I have it on good authority... Orrex Jun 2016 #90

Glyphosate deaniac21 Jun 2016 #91

Remarkable how dedicated some people are to defending a chemical and it's corporations Scientific Jun 2016 #95

Is your username supposed to be ironic ? Bonx Jun 2016 #96

You mean there's nothing scientific about silly memes and abstract condemnation? Major Nikon Jun 2016 #97

Glyphosate gave me a boner that lasted for longer than 4 hours EvolveOrConvolve Jun 2016 #101