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Evolve Dammit

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11. It's really a crime that we have had limited consumer protection for decades, even after

Sat Jul 9, 2022, 08:00 PM

Jul 2022

meaningful laws (CAA, CWA, OSHA, RCRA, TSCA, CERCLA, Endangered Species, AHERA) were enacted. Under Nixon mostly, who would never make it out of a primary today. Oh, he opened relations with China too. I'm not a fan by any means, but by today's standards, Nixon was a choir boy.

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'Disturbing': weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples [View all] riversedge Jul 2022 OP

Ban it and then... JoeOtterbein Jul 2022 #1

x 1000! Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #5

Problem is our FDA is so connected to big pharma womanofthehills Jul 2022 #27

"Linked to cancer" is so passive. Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #2

It's on the food, it's in the food, it's in the ground the food grows in bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #3

Ever since I learned that GM potatoes had a gene spliced into the skin that was a registered Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #6

Put a GMO potato in a jar of water, gab13by13 Jul 2022 #7

It's really a crime that we have had limited consumer protection for decades, even after Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #11

That's not a GMO issue NickB79 Jul 2022 #42

I didn't know GM potatoes had been developed. How are they identified in groceries? Lonestarblue Jul 2022 #73

Really good question. Not sure. And good for you BTW! Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #82

I think the worst part is spraying roundup on crops during harvest womanofthehills Jul 2022 #28

Glyphosate is detected in lots of Organics too womanofthehills Jul 2022 #54

Considering the fact that when glyphosate was patented Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #4

Oh crap. Then how do we get micronutrients into us without ingesting glyphosate? ancianita Jul 2022 #13

Does seem like we're being back into a bit of a nasty corner Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #24

In the first patent - it was filed as an antibiotic womanofthehills Jul 2022 #29

Actually it wasn't Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #36

You are right - I never saw that earlier patent womanofthehills Jul 2022 #55

33 countries have banned Glyphosate. gab13by13 Jul 2022 #8

While our FDA said no problem womanofthehills Jul 2022 #30

A white vinegar, table salt and dish soap mixture works for me. BHDem53 Jul 2022 #9

It's also used to harvest Wheat. IbogaProject Jul 2022 #10

It's literally found in all children's cereal. rubbersole Jul 2022 #14

and potatoes Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #25

Read leighbythesea2 Jul 2022 #46

You don't even have to use it or be near it. It's in most foods, liquid and solid. ancianita Jul 2022 #12

Kuduz killing a forest in the Appalachian Mts. Botany Jul 2022 #15

..... paleotn Jul 2022 #17

Won't you think of the kids?! Hekate Jul 2022 #23

It's going places! Orrex Jul 2022 #20

It's insane to poison all life in a doomed attempt to control one form of life. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #45

The threat to the supportive capicity of our environment by non native invasive species is far ... Botany Jul 2022 #49

"non-native" -- so it's extra-terrestrial? Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #50

Our native insects and pollinators work lock and key with our native plants and from that ... Botany Jul 2022 #51

Off-topic, but props on using American wahoo NickB79 Jul 2022 #61

very tough to propagate ..... from cuttings or seeds Botany Jul 2022 #62

I'm in southeast MN NickB79 Jul 2022 #76

How do you get your wahoo seeds to germinate? Botany Jul 2022 #77

I did a standard warm/cold/warm stratification NickB79 Jul 2022 #79

I have been burying them in some old socks / hose after i pick them in Dec./Jan. In an area ..... Botany Jul 2022 #80

I hope you are wearing a mask and long sleeves when using it womanofthehills Jul 2022 #68

There is also the Kudzu bug that kills it Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #71

Surprising? No. paleotn Jul 2022 #16

Why the Hell is this shit still on the market ? Oppaloopa Jul 2022 #18

Because the FDA is usually run by someone from big pharma womanofthehills Jul 2022 #56

Because it's produced by Bayer, and Bayer owns lots of Reps and Senators. Scrivener7 Jul 2022 #66

The Roundup brand was bought by Bayer a few years ago FakeNoose Jul 2022 #74

Well, I'm grateful that my urine will remain 80% weed-free, at least. Orrex Jul 2022 #19

Helpful for when you're drug tested, anyway. JudyM Jul 2022 #37

See? Another upside! Orrex Jul 2022 #41

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Jul 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Upthevibe Jul 2022 #22

Last month Bayer lost an appeal to Supreme Court womanofthehills Jul 2022 #26

I could never understand why Bayer bought Monsanto Bayard Jul 2022 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #72

Forgive me, but if it that common in the bloodstreams of millions, why do we not all have cancer? Martin68 Jul 2022 #32

Yeah!!! All smokers get lung cancer! ret5hd Jul 2022 #35

Not all, obviously, but millions did. If almost everybody has these glyphosate by-products in their Martin68 Jul 2022 #40

I've wondered too. Cancer deaths are down 30% in the last 30 yrs. oldsoftie Jul 2022 #38

So far, the people who have won in the Roundup lawsuits womanofthehills Jul 2022 #57

As with many agricultural pesticides (many of which are already banned in the U.S. and Europe), Martin68 Jul 2022 #58

Some rat studies have it messing with your white blood cells & liver womanofthehills Jul 2022 #69

Good point. Iowa should be a cancer hotspot NickB79 Jul 2022 #43

Exactly. I don't think there is scientific evidence that glyphosate causes cancer when it is Martin68 Jul 2022 #60

Pre harvest spraying of glyphosate has nothing to do with soil - it's for desiccation of crop womanofthehills Jul 2022 #63

I'm aware that re harvest spraying of glyphosate is for desiccation. Martin68 Jul 2022 #65

We've also got a lot of PFCs in our blood. (Teflon, Scotchguard, etc.) LudwigPastorius Jul 2022 #33

More right than you know robodruid1 Jul 2022 #78

So, let me understand. 80% of the world is going to die fom glyphosate? NNadir Jul 2022 #34

Remember the days before glyphosate, womanofthehills Jul 2022 #59

Monsanto Murders DFW Jul 2022 #39

I've noticed the same. Pinback Jul 2022 #67

If it's just your imagination DFW Jul 2022 #75

K&R CountAllVotes Jul 2022 #44

Don't worry! Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #47

So if 20% don't have it, what are imavoter Jul 2022 #48

It's the reason why Monsanto went out of business, bankrupted by lawsuits FakeNoose Jul 2022 #52

Carnivores who live in cattle country are not doomed- lady in my book club sells her grass finished womanofthehills Jul 2022 #64

Non Opinion - Fact Check ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #53

This article says over 300 million lbs used in USA womanofthehills Jul 2022 #81

No Argument ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #83

it's no wonder cancer is so prevalent RussBLib Jul 2022 #70