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Environment & Energy

KT2000

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Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Aug 16, 2012, 10:03 PM

Aug 2012

maybe they will stop putting it into the weed & feed products.

This is a perfect example of perverse capitalism. If they can make money off of glyphosate and 2,4-D, why not saturate the globe in the stuff - farms, neighborhoods, parks, city gardens. That way they can make tons of money. But oops - like the overuse of antibiotics, they killed the golden goose. But hey - some people got really rich doing this.

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2,4-D (Key Herbicide) Showing Signs Of Losing Effectiveness - Reuters [View all] hatrack Aug 2012 OP

taking it to the logical conclusion, someday, dow will sell us weeds and call it food. unblock Aug 2012 #1

Weeds are food Viva_La_Revolution Aug 2012 #5

true enough ;) i've always known about dandilions, and we actually have a fair amount of chives unblock Aug 2012 #6

Good KT2000 Aug 2012 #2

2,4-D is a nasty mess. MuseRider Aug 2012 #3

Evil-ution is teh faek! XemaSab Aug 2012 #4

i've always found 2,4-d to be feeble. unblock Aug 2012 #7