20-09-2012, 05:34 PM
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Roundup-resistant weeds
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:17:35 +0000, Granity
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news;969166 Wrote:
In article , Martin
lid writes--
In agriculture,
intensive methodologies often involve heavy use of chemicals, hence,
for example, the decrease in bee populations.-
NOT. It was caused by a parasite that transmits a virus to the bees.-
Far too simple. Varroa and other mites can be a contributory factor to
colony collapse but they are not THE cause. As with many things, the
causes are a collection of environmental (in its widest sense)
variables.
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regards andyw
You all seem to be missing the irony in this, the fact that the weeds
have achieved, in a short period of time, all by themselves, what took
Monsanto's scientists years of research and vast sums of money to do.
Nature always wins in the end, and we tamper with it at our peril
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