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Old 16-05-2003, 10:08 PM
Tumbleweed
 
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Default The dangers of weed killers - Glyphostae aka Roundup, the hidden killer.


"Peter Ashby" wrote in message
news
In article ,
Oz wrote:


Either the tests are wrong, or plants are just as dangerous as the

man-made
chemicals you complain about and are actually more dangerous than ones

that
havent been shown to cause cancer.


Indeed.


I seem to remember reading of a study which showed that at least the
alkaloid pesticides in many food plants (fruits spring to mind) are
elevated in organically grown plants due to the higher pest load they
have to deal with. Pests not having been blitzed with nasty 'chemicals'.
But of course 'natural' pesticides must be good for you compared with
'chemical' pesticides.

Of course, as you say they are 'natural' and therefore not made of
chemicals, and secondly since they havent been created for profit they must
be good for you.

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