In article 1,
"Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan" wrote:
"JoeSpareBedroom" was forced to post this in:
rec.gardens
Do you seriously believe there is a global
conspiracy to threaten the health of children by using Roundup and/or lawn
chemicals for sport?
If it affects their bottom line? Oh yeah.
Nor does the USDA.
You mean that government agency that is the recipient of so much
purchase political pressure and recipient of grants from ADM, Cargill,
and Monsanto? That USDA?
Remember the tobacco companies who made billions by avoiding the nasty
little fact that their product kills people or worse, leaves them in
agony.
However, you have piqued
my curiosity enough to do some research. Your Wikipedia link, while
somewhat informative, did little to enforce your argument.
Meantime I'll see if Missouri Botanical Garden has an alternative to
the Roundup to kill my violets.
There you go. That's the way. Takes time to do it smart.
Title: POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION
Authors
Loague, Keith - STANFORD UNIV. CA
Corwin, Dennis
Submitted to: Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences
Publication Type: Popular Publication
Publication Acceptance Date: August 1, 2004
Publication Date: December 1, 2005
Citation: Loague, K., Corwin, D.L. 2005. Point and nonpoint source
pollution. In: M.G. Anderson (ed.) Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences.
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, UK. Chapter 94: 1427-1439.
Michael
While your at it Michael look at the Wikipedia article on Roundup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup
It is balanced 'tween "pushers" and "greens".
Then you may want to tale a look at
http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/R...tsheet-Cox.htm
If a small amount chemical will kill you dead quickly, the USDA and the
FDA will probably, reasonably protect you from it. The scary part is
"Body Burden"
http://www.chemicalbodyburden.org/ where really very small
amounts of chemicals can work together synergistically to bring you
down. My favorite (?) example is thalidomide which took years to get off
the market, even when it should have been obvious that it was causing
monstrously malformed babies.
Look forward to you kickin' some newbie butt.
- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)