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In reply to the discussion: Houston, We Have a Glyphosate Problem [View all]jomin41
(559 posts)31. I, for one, appreciate the effort to
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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If all our food would be organic and government subsidized instead of gmos then the cost of
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#65
Glyphosate apparently is the cause of all human misery, if you were to listen to some of DU's...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#7
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
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
Its a surfactant, of course its deadly to human cells, so is Dawn and a lot of other soaps....
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#23
Roundup was found in this experiment to be 125 TIMES MORE TOXIC than glyphosate
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#26
Follow the hyperlinks deep into the weeds here (The Guardian, NRDC) and maybe reconsider.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#51
Do you purposely mischaracterize the information I post or simply fail to review the links? (nt)
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#88
Oh for fuck's sake, what the fucking fuck is up with that fucking shit?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#56
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
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
I could drink the concentrate, and outside of the surfactants reacting badly with my stomach...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#30
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
Good, Better... "Best -> Eat locally grown, organic food" (translates as nonGMO, glyphosate free).
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#73
FYI, CDC and Science Daily both use the word "toxic" plus the preferred "environmental exposure."
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#71
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
There's a difference between providing information and scaremongering.
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#34
OMG! You are posting articles by written by admitted Monsanto shills on DU
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#46
If they are safe why do all these countries not want them? Answer Please!!
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#99
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
Meet the new boss, he's the same as the old boss. ZyklonB-3rd generation.
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#107
History always repeats itself, especially the doings of the economic royalists.
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#109
Remarkable how dedicated some people are to defending a chemical and it's corporations
Scientific
Jun 2016
#95
You mean there's nothing scientific about silly memes and abstract condemnation?
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#97