On 16 May 2007 10:06:39 -0700, raycruzer wrote:

On May 15, 11:49 am, z wrote:
On Apr 27, 9:30 am, Lar wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

No chemical has ever or will ever be tested for safety in humans. Hire a

If you mean humans used as pesticide "test animals" sure they have.

That's why we haven't stopped illegal alien migrant farm workers from
coming in.

Farming is an industry like coal mining or diamond mining that is
economically based on the exploitation of labor like beasts of
burden. New methods and chemicals may reduce labor, but also expose
workers to higher risks. New mechanical tools may also reduce labor
and health risks, but sometimes the benefit is questionable. An
interesting controversy has been recently exposed over the use of a
bedweeder tractor or flat bed weeder where workers pull weeds while
laying down on cots. This story from a Spanish newspaper is discussed
on ergonica.com/hand_weeder_science.htm. But that's another story...

Be kind to workers who handle your food and they will also be kind to
you.

You characterize farming as "based on the exploitation of labor like
beasts of burden." That ignores the many, many farming areas that
have been totally mechanized. Corn, wheat and grain farming use no
"beasts of burden" human or otherwise.

You site one example in Spain and use it to condemn an entire
industry.

Shame on you.

John