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In reply to the discussion: i'm just going to POST THIS AS LOUD AS I CAN and crush all arguments-MONSANTO=root of all evil. [View all]farminator3000
(2,117 posts)MONSANTOS BIG LIE
Then Monsanto drops what might appear to be an innocuous disclaimer: Monsanto is not aware of any reliable studies that demonstrate Roundup Ready crops are more susceptible to certain diseases or that the application of glyphosate to Roundup Ready crops increases a plants susceptibility to diseases.
If you listen closely, you can hear scores of scientists laughing aloud at that one. The key word therein, of course, is reliable. By whose definition would dozens, if not hundreds, of studies be considered reliable? By Monsantos definition, if the St. Louis conglomerate did not conduct or commission the study, it must not be reliable.
With that statement, Monsanto is clearly flat-out lying, according to numerous sources, many who do not want their names mentioned for fear of retribution. One scientist who would go on the record was, however, direct.
The statement in Monsantos letter of response is disingenuous, said Dr. James E. Rahe, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C. The published research from my lab done during the 1980s and 1990s showed that glyphosate (Roundup) causes increased susceptibility of dicot species to infection by root rot fungi such as pythium and fusarium.
Rahe is retired now to life as a row-crop farmer and has less at stake than his younger counterparts who still toil in laboratories that depend, largely, on funding from Monsanto and its brethren to conduct their work. He said he is inclined to accept Hubers letter and inherent warnings to the USDA.
http://www.safelawns.org/blog/2011/02/monsanto-begins-smear-campaign-on-huber/
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http://www.i-sis.org.uk/USDA_scientist_reveals_all.php