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In reply to the discussion: Houston, We Have a Glyphosate Problem [View all]kentauros
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If all our food would be organic and government subsidized instead of gmos then the cost of
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#65
Glyphosate apparently is the cause of all human misery, if you were to listen to some of DU's...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#7
The author is a batshit crazy promoter of "New World Order" conspiracy theories
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#63
Is there any evidence of any of the wild claims about the toxicity of glyphosate from your website?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#6
I took me less than 5 seconds of googling to determine that you and that article...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#14
Actually you are wrong - 59 % of Roundup is POEA usually contaminated with dioxane
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#17
Which is about as toxic as table salt, do you want to dig yourself in any further? n/t
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#18
Its a surfactant, of course its deadly to human cells, so is Dawn and a lot of other soaps....
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#23
Roundup was found in this experiment to be 125 TIMES MORE TOXIC than glyphosate
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#26
Follow the hyperlinks deep into the weeds here (The Guardian, NRDC) and maybe reconsider.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#51
Do you purposely mischaracterize the information I post or simply fail to review the links? (nt)
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#88
Oh for fuck's sake, what the fucking fuck is up with that fucking shit?
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#56
It's getting bad when Taiwan sends the US back it's Quaker Oats - glyphosate levels too high
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#8
Glyphosate also in eggs (even organic) bagels, potaotes, non GMO soy creamer
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#12
Obviously you have no problem with the food supply being contamined with Roundup
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#21
I don't, I eat the same foods with the same contamination you do, the difference is that I know...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#24
I could drink the concentrate, and outside of the surfactants reacting badly with my stomach...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#30
Just looks like your usual MO of throwing a lot off shit against the wall to see what sticks
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#62
ORGANIC, ORGANIC, ORGANIC...University of California San Francisco...implicitly opposes glyphosate.
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#69
Good, Better... "Best -> Eat locally grown, organic food" (translates as nonGMO, glyphosate free).
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#73
FYI, CDC and Science Daily both use the word "toxic" plus the preferred "environmental exposure."
proverbialwisdom
Jun 2016
#71
You would have to consume a lot of pure glyphosate for it to affect your gut flora, not the 3...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#29
There's a difference between providing information and scaremongering.
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#34
OMG! You are posting articles by written by admitted Monsanto shills on DU
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#46
If they are safe why do all these countries not want them? Answer Please!!
womanofthehills
Jun 2016
#99
Ironically, Keith Kloor was writing about the deranged wing of the anti-GMO movement
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#67
fucking monsanto isnt just killing weeds, its killing the entire ecosystem....
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#66
Meet the new boss, he's the same as the old boss. ZyklonB-3rd generation.
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#107
History always repeats itself, especially the doings of the economic royalists.
Dont call me Shirley
Jun 2016
#109
Remarkable how dedicated some people are to defending a chemical and it's corporations
Scientific
Jun 2016
#95
You mean there's nothing scientific about silly memes and abstract condemnation?
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#97