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Nihil

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2. Now *THAT* is the harm that the pro-Monsanto propagandists have been causing for years

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 03:30 AM

Mar 2016

Telling people that glyphosate is magically harmless to everything except weeds.

Farmers (and even regulatory bodies) believed the false studies & bullshit marketing
because any voices raised in caution were shouted down, mobbed or de-funded.

The farmers didn't (and don't) want to harm people. The profiteers did (and still do).
Remarkably similar to the tobacco industry really ...

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Why Is Glyphosate Sprayed on Crops Right Before Harvest? [View all] eridani Mar 2016 OP

That is wrong thinking on so many levels. peace13 Mar 2016 #1

Now *THAT* is the harm that the pro-Monsanto propagandists have been causing for years Nihil Mar 2016 #2