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In reply to the discussion: US Criticizes Vietnam's Ban on Suspected Cancer-Causing Herbicides [View all]JaxMan
(11 posts)37. Good for you Vietnam...
It's the first step toward breaking U.S. corporate control over farming.
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It's a wonder the survivors didn't all go mad after the hell unleashed upon them by the U.S. n/t
Judi Lynn
Apr 2019
#7
The US is in no position to lecture Vietnam on halting herbacide usage on their lands
Devil Child
Apr 2019
#3
Hey, isn't that the thing a shill said was non-toxic but ran away when offered a glass of it?
ck4829
Apr 2019
#6
That's pretty much the only reason I could think of as to why they are making it an issue
Sapient Donkey
Apr 2019
#47
Havent some states also banned it? I know Costco no longer sells it & i thought TN was too
oldsoftie
Apr 2019
#17
Way to go Vietnam. After our gift of Agent Orange, they have common sense.
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2019
#20
First Agent Orange, now Roundup: what's Monsanto up to in Vietnam? Ecologist Special Investigation
safeinOhio
Apr 2019
#22
The only "devastating impacts" are to the profits of the chemical companies making these poisons.
ET Awful
Apr 2019
#25
They'll figure out some way to ransom their World Bank loans or something until they knuckle under
pecosbob
Apr 2019
#29
Is Sunless Perdue determined to kill off amphibians faster? Chytrid not fast enough?
lostnfound
Apr 2019
#38
Can easily see why you would have backed away. Only so much sadness, dismay can one absorb.
Judi Lynn
Apr 2019
#49
How long until this administration starts telling other countries to stop building windmills?
Sapient Donkey
Apr 2019
#48