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In reply to the discussion: Chemical Glyphosate (GMO handmaiden) found in California Wines [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)20. Oh noes! The shill gambit. Who could have ever foreseen that one coming?
Even though it raises it's silly head in every single thread where someone is busted for posting woo.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Shill_gambit
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I'm sure you would agree that someone needs to balance the steady, systematic War on Organics
AxionExcel
Mar 2016
#37
EFSA looks at all the evidence and says that glyphosate poses no carcinogenic risk.
HuckleB
Mar 2016
#66
You seem to know a lot about it. Do you work for a chemical company? Just wondering.. eom
vkkv
Mar 2016
#12
No, not my intention, I was genuinely wondering how it is you know so much about ALL of the info
vkkv
Mar 2016
#25
Sure, because this is absolutely the first time anyone has ever posted such woo on DU
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#26
I haven't done that, I was only asking how you come to know so much about the chems in wine
vkkv
Mar 2016
#33
Good grief! You've gone to a lot of trouble to prove your emotional instability here. Getting waaay
vkkv
Mar 2016
#39
After the stupid shit gets posted here enough you learn who the assholes behind it are...
snooper2
Mar 2016
#115
So you can taste the equivalent of 10 drops of a tasteless substance in a swimming pool
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#40
No it is not .The EU isn't a laughing cow. Made a recent big move to get it out of Europe but now
Person 2713
Mar 2016
#78
For those of us who care what goes into our bodies - some good GMO free choices
womanofthehills
Mar 2016
#88
They way I understood the post is that Glyphosate is the true poison here, not just GMO crops.
vkkv
Mar 2016
#47
Scientists are correct about climate change, GMOs, and the toxicity of glyphosate.
HuckleB
Mar 2016
#56
I rarely do this, but I'm adding you to my ignore list for a while. We aren't really
vkkv
Mar 2016
#57
Have you ever heard of Science, the most respected science journal on the planet?
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#76
I find it hilarious you didn't even read your own source while asking if others had read it
Major Nikon
Mar 2016
#80
Why don't you just call me a name, grab your ball, go home and call it a day? -eom
vkkv
Mar 2016
#79
Look man, it's just my opinion okay, but perhaps a little time away from the computer will
vkkv
Mar 2016
#101
It is on plenty of non GMO also and has recently in the USA been applied to many crops right
Person 2713
Mar 2016
#82
There is also a big problem with the "secret" additives to glyphosate - the synergists
womanofthehills
Mar 2016
#94
Glyphosate also found In Wastewater Discharge - it's in your streams too, folks!
womanofthehills
Mar 2016
#87
If our legislators had any balls, they would all out ban this deadly toxin and put Monsanto out of
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2016
#99