"Gary Davis" wrote in message
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On 10/2/04 11:16 PM, in article ,
"Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"oknwht?" wrote in message
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[snip]

Will you actually give these vegetables to your kids? Your
friends? Your
parents? And you, yourself, will actually eat them?

Glyphosate is used commercially as a weedkiller on
millions of acres of agricuktural land all over the world

[snip]

Franz

Franz,
Would it be ok if I was to quote what you just said?
"It (Glyphosate) is used on millions of acres of agricultural
land all
over the world"...
That must mean then, that lots of weed killer is being put into
streams
all over the world....into lakes and ultimately the oceans...

That is a nonsensical reply to what I said.. Glyphosate is destroyed
within hours after entering the soil.

What proof do you have that it is not?

The fact that it is destroyed very quickly after entering the soil.

What proof do you have that it
will do no harm to anyone who eats the vegetables grown after it's
use?

Statistics. Give me a statistically significant sample of folk who
have been harmed by consuming glyphosate ingested by eating
vegetables. Bear in mind that the topic has been subjected to
continuous, intense experimentation over a number of decades.

You
defend it's use like you are a shareholder (of the manufacturer).

No. Such savings as I have are all deposited in a building society.
I just don't go with the prejudiced statements about the ills of not
being an "organic gardener".

Twiggy made some good points, why did you snip them?

If I had not, somebody would have said that I should snip those parts
of the note which are not contextual with what I said. I have been
chided on that score more than once before. I indicated that I
snipped. That is my way of signalling that the interested reader
might wish to read the missing matter by referring to the previous
post.

Someone suggested digging it in...a good organic idea-nothing
wrong with
exercise, especially when it means one less pint of chemical put
into the
environment.

I have no objection to that. I also have no objection to eating it.

By the way, do you have any data on the temperature at which
glyphosate decomposes? Do you know whether it survives a typical
cooking procedure?

Franz