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In reply to the discussion: Glyphosate: Germany's most popular beers contain Monsanto-produced pesticide linked to cancer [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)65. Yeah, that's it
This is what you wrote before you edited it:
Call it pesticide if you want, it's obvious you never have contact with the field any way so it shouldnt matter....
So who lied about whom again?
Kinda funny how your "proof" that I don't know what I'm talking about is the refusal to acknowledge something that was unadulterated bullshit to begin with.
ag_dude (540 posts)
2. Glyphosate is not a pesticide.
2. Glyphosate is not a pesticide.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027640898#post2
Q: How is Roundup PROMAX® herbicide registered in the U.S.?
A: All pesticides in the U.S., including Roundup PROMAX, must be registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before they can be sold. Before the agency can approve registration, a variety of stringent toxicity, crop residue and environmental fate studies must be conducted by the company and reviewed by the EPA. Only when the EPA finds the studies to be scientifically sound and accepts them can the pesticide be registered and sold in the U.S. In addition, many state agencies carefully review these studies, examine product uses for specific geographies, and apply their own strict registration to pesticides. Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides certainly have one of the most extensive worldwide human health, occupational safety and environmental databases ever completed on a pesticide product. The study of glyphosate continues today as new requirements come into existence or as Monsanto evaluates possible questions on its own.
A: All pesticides in the U.S., including Roundup PROMAX, must be registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before they can be sold. Before the agency can approve registration, a variety of stringent toxicity, crop residue and environmental fate studies must be conducted by the company and reviewed by the EPA. Only when the EPA finds the studies to be scientifically sound and accepts them can the pesticide be registered and sold in the U.S. In addition, many state agencies carefully review these studies, examine product uses for specific geographies, and apply their own strict registration to pesticides. Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides certainly have one of the most extensive worldwide human health, occupational safety and environmental databases ever completed on a pesticide product. The study of glyphosate continues today as new requirements come into existence or as Monsanto evaluates possible questions on its own.
http://www.monsanto.com/products/pages/frequently-asked-questions.aspx
You were wrong. Get over it.
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Glyphosate: Germany's most popular beers contain Monsanto-produced pesticide linked to cancer [View all]
nationalize the fed
Feb 2016
OP
Well it is the active ingredient of herbicides and herbicides are pesticides.
yellowcanine
Feb 2016
#3
So what? It still causes cancer. I would hate to think you are just thread-jacking in order
djean111
Feb 2016
#76
Sure, it's much better to be informed by someone claiming degrees anonymously on the internet
Major Nikon
Feb 2016
#17
I sat through 5 hours of continueing ag classes and they also use the umbrella phrase "pesticide".
Jim Beard
Feb 2016
#50
Perhaps it was somebody who is familiar with very basic scientific terminology?
Denzil_DC
Feb 2016
#83
Arguing semantics is foolish - pesticide or herbicide, some people don't want to consume it.
hedgehog
Feb 2016
#24
Actually the glyphosate patent has long run out so there are other companies
yellowcanine
Feb 2016
#6
I'll believe it when I see the owners of these companies drink a liter of contaminated water
Taitertots
Feb 2016
#72