Derald wrote:
....
Garden peas, beans and potatoes are especially sensitive to aminopyralid
and consumers are advised to test before applying manure of unknown origin,
including commercial products.


I was unable to find any independent studies of the issue. In my view,
anyone who thinks the USEPA is "independent" or "disinterested" is delusional: I
don't believe it any more than I take anything Dow publishes on the subject at
face value. They simply are grinding opposite edges of a double-bitted axe, if
you axe me.

yeah, sadly, a large portion of research done at
universities these days is sponsored by industry or
government and each has their own particular angle
and takes the results to massage them further. if
the answer isn't what they want to hear then they
discard it and hire someone else to do it again or
they don't bother to even get it right.

longer term, actual science and knowlege will win
out, but the short term damages have to be small
enough so that we can survive until the longer
term comes around. right now i fear the short
term is overpowering the longer just by the sheer
mass or inertia.


songbird