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GreatGazoo

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26. Ummm.. what do the names "Roundup Ready corn" and "Roundup Ready Soy" suggest ?

Reply to Dr Hobbitstein (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:05 AM

Jul 2015

Perhaps that GMO corn was designed for more glyphosate use ?

Avoiding the obvious you are.

Meanwhile Monsanto is stocking up on pesticides:

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2015/05/monsanto-syngenta-merger-45-billion-pesticides

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GMO Perspective [View all] tecelote Jul 2015 OP

GMO crops were designed to sell more glyphosate and they do GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #1

and glyphosate is quite toxic Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #2

I'll just leave this here. Orrex Jul 2015 #15

Synthetic pesticides are also allowed on organics Major Nikon Jul 2015 #20

thanks-- I had no idea Fast Walker 52 Jul 2015 #25

Your problem, then, is glysophate, not GMOs. nt Adrahil Jul 2015 #27

Monsanto is a scourge on the food system. blackspade Jul 2015 #3

Learn the Science, not the Fear! Gamecock Lefty Jul 2015 #4

The only important piece of information on that site: johnp3907 Jul 2015 #14

Exactly! tecelote Jul 2015 #23

Glyphosate is used on NON GMO crops also! Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #5

Hush! Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #7

Spraying glyphosate desiccates green foliage & stems. tecelote Jul 2015 #9

Living an an agriculture dense area, I see it everyday. Cosmic Kitten Jul 2015 #12

I know science is harder to Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #6

Peer reviewed by Monsanto peers. tecelote Jul 2015 #8

So, just like the antivaxxers Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #10

OK - you got me there. I'm now pro-pesticides! tecelote Jul 2015 #11

There it is! Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #13

"Me no science" Orrex Jul 2015 #16

I am soo stealing that! :) n/t X_Digger Jul 2015 #19

... NuclearDem Jul 2015 #32

6th mass extinction and I doubt people understand what that even means. Rex Jul 2015 #22

What you're talking about is all related to Monsanto Adrahil Jul 2015 #28

Ummm.. what do the names "Roundup Ready corn" and "Roundup Ready Soy" suggest ? GreatGazoo Jul 2015 #26

Fine... rail against Roundup (glyphosate) Adrahil Jul 2015 #29

You do realize there are many other GMO crops than those two, correct? Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #30

you mean this "Golden Rice"? Duppers Aug 2015 #34

Even worse than gmo's are the companies that sell them SoLeftIAmRight Jul 2015 #17

Fuck anti-science ignorance. X_Digger Jul 2015 #18

Fact: Our government also subsidizes organic crops Major Nikon Jul 2015 #21

Notice all of the pro-GMO "scientific articles" that come from the "Genetic Literacy Project" RiverLover Jul 2015 #24

Notice other articles at the blog in mother earth's linked post... SidDithers Jul 2015 #31

GLP cites studies--of which there are many--for their articles NuclearDem Jul 2015 #33