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holding numbers and glysophate
Dave Hill wrote:
On 13 Apr, 11:30, "Jeff Layman" wrote: Ophelia wrote: brian mitchell wrote: Three years ago I bought a 5 litre container of Roundup from a local farmers supply store. When I tried to buy the same this year I was told they couldn't sell it to me without a holding number. I could buy a 1 litre container but the price difference is extreme. The 5 litre costs £50, the 1 litre £30. I'm interested to know if anyone here has run into the same situation, anyone with a large plot or who gardens professionally? The people in the store couldn't tell me why this new piece of regulation had been brought in or what terrible danger is supposedly being averted by it. brian mitchell Perhaps the url that Sacha just posted might have answers to some of the questions? www.seedtoplate.com (snip junk) "Seed to Plate is sponsored by Northland Organic Foods, Inc.". Not exactly an unbiased source... And as for the press release reference source: "The Institute of Science in society is a not for profit organisation dedicated to providing critical and accessible scientific information to the public and to promoting social accountability and ecological sustainability in science." Sounds good, doesn't it? And if you look at the webpage "About ISIS", you can find things there such as: "Science should be unbiased and accessible to all, regardless of gender, age, race, religion or caste.". Nothing wrong with that. But read on: "Science should be based on a holistic, ecological perspective that takes proper account of the complexity, diversity and interdependence of all nature." Er - isn't that a bias? And then: "It is in accordance with the precautionary principle: when there is reason to suspect threats of serious, irreversible damage, lack of scientific evidence or consensus must not be used to postpone preventative action." So lack of scientific evidence must not be used to postpone preventative action. That is from an organisation calling itself an "Institute of Science...". Give me strength... -- Jeff- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Some agricultural merchants sell generic "Glyphosate" David Hill Was this intended to be the reply to my post on "Killing grass" above, rather than this subject? -- Jeff |
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