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Re: Roundup information



John A. Keslick, Jr. wrote:
> 
> Support organic farmers!!!!
> 
> Ten reasons to "NOT" use roundup.
> 
> Compiled by Caroline Cox, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to
> Pesticides- (NCAP)
> 

Sorry John but its time for a little balanced scientific reasoning (of
which you appear to have very little).
<snip>
> 
> 1.    Glyphosate can be persistent.  

You quote residues....parts per million or billion are harmless. 

> 2.     Glyphosate can drift.  

Again...but in what concentration?

> 3.     Glyphosate is acutely toxic to humans.  Ingesting about 3/4 of a
> cup can be lethal. 

So is 3/4 cup of table salt but should we ban it too?
 
> 4.     Glyphosate has shown a wide spectrum of chronic toxicity in
> laboratory tests.  

again....out of context and irrelevant
> 
> 5.     Roundup contains toxic trade secret ingredients.  

The dose makes the poison...see above
> 
> 6.     Roundup kills beneficial insects.  

Don't confuse lab tests with field studies...lab tests are notoriously
impractical.

> 
<snip>

I have no experience with your other points, thus am unqualified to
comment.  However, I would like to point out that glyphosate will
probably  go down in history as  modern farming's safest and most
effective single product.  End of story.  Why do you people have such a
problem with organic chemicals, but will happily use seaweed extract etc
which is usually untested and occasionally full of arsenic, selenium
etc?


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