The Government Is Rounding Us Up

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Rick Ostrander
Rick Ostrander
28 days ago

Should be banned completely, and all stocks destroyed.

Priscilla King
Priscilla King
27 days ago
Reply to  Rick Ostrander

I originally wanted to study one “pesticide” at a time, objectively and scientifically. The industry’s clinging to glyphosate showed that that’s not feasible. I say all spray poisons should be banned for outdoor use. Even DEET…it causes reactions in some people and it *can* be applied indoors.

173dVietVet
173dVietVet
28 days ago

Not saying this report is wrong….
However, are there studies that back up what is being pushed forth in this brief interview as FACTS. ??
I smell propaganda here and shall await proof of claims before swallowing this report as factual.
Hint: whenever any, and I do mean ANY, new report claims something, you should beware. See if the report contains potentially emotional “pulls”. Does it make you fear bad events to yourself and loved ones ? Does it give only one perspective ? Does the report hit on a subject that is not at present being discussed elsewhere in media ? (subject is not Round-up, as the subject here IS about quantity and effect of Round-up in air and water we consume).
Folks – – if you ain’t the least but skeptical you will get bamboozled or conned or taken for a ride, etc.

Latigo Morgan
Latigo Morgan
28 days ago
Reply to  173dVietVet

Yep. There are some things he’s saying that just don’t seem right to me. What he is basically telling us is that Roundup cannot be distilled out of the water supply. I’ve seen the fear mongering ever since I was a kid. Not that Roundup is any good for you, but there are a lot of folks out there whose finances depend on a scared populace.

Old Maine Farmer
Old Maine Farmer
27 days ago
Reply to  Latigo Morgan

I agree. They seem to imply that Roundup would evaporate with water. I find that doubtful.

Priscilla King
Priscilla King
27 days ago
Reply to  173dVietVet

It’s always good to check facts. For instance, Bayer has (finally) changed the formula for Roundup (as they said they were going to do in 2021). This year, “Roundup for Home Use” is a weaker solution of glyphosate, while “Roundup for Farm Use” is a hell’s brew of half a dozen other things that are more toxic. (It’s not because people are suing Bayer for the harm done by glyphosate. They don’t give a flip about that. It’s because the vicious spray cycle has reached the point where glyphosate doesn’t even seem to be slowing down the growth of kudzu or jimsonweed.)

However…yes, although glyphosate breaks down rather quickly, its residues ARE identifiable in most air, soil, water, and food that have been tested. Tests aren’t cheap so relatively little testing has been done…but, yes. That’s why celiac disease, which was understood up into the 1990s as a non-fatal condition for which “No treatment is necessary except a wheat-free diet for as long as the patient lives,” has been listed as a cause of an ever increasing number of deaths, and celiac support groups now say that a gluten-free diet will not necessarily relieve every patient’s symptoms.

Nolan Parker
Nolan Parker
28 days ago

Monsanto, just a weird way to spell Evil.

Nolan Parker
Nolan Parker
28 days ago

As much as I despise Monsanto, if there was much of it in the rain here in East Texas my garden would be dead.

Priscilla King
Priscilla King
27 days ago
Reply to  Nolan Parker

Yes. Now try this: Does fresh urine (human, dog, whatever) tend to fertilize plants or kill them?

Before glyphosate, it took a lot to give plants that fertilizer-burn look.

If you’re ingesting a lot of glyphosate in food, where it lingers longest, you become a “weed” killer.

A reassuring proportion of people have clean enough habits not to notice this, but it’s true.

Patriot_One
Patriot_One
27 days ago

I thought with all the bad press on RoundUp it would at least smell terrible. I am surprised it has no smell. In those drought areas where people were told not to water their lawns or take them out, the weeds took over causing a RoundUp boom. What an evil plan to sicken or kill off people. This is the DDT of today. Definitely needs to be banned.

Priscilla King
Priscilla King
27 days ago
Reply to  Patriot_One

Pure glyphosate has no odor or taste. “Roundup for Home Use” has an added chemical scent that’s toxic in additional ways.

Priscilla King
Priscilla King
27 days ago

I think the young man’s information could be more complete. Glyphosate as such breaks down, usually within a day or two, though its residues (especially AMPA) are also toxic. A few different formulas for New Roundup for Farm Use have been tried, some hastily withdrawn. Key ingredients now are diquat (chemically related to the PARaquat that causes PARkinson’s Disease) and triclopyr:

https://purduelandscapereport.org/article/the-summer-of-triclopyr-mounting-evidence-for-off-target-damage/

I find that most people can relate to a description of reactions to New Roundup as resembling measles (or conjunctivitis, for the young) plus mononucleosis (or Long COVID, for the young) plus worse-than-ordinary food poisoning. It’s more carcinogenic and more visibly destructive to non-target plants, including protected wild plants.

Magrit
Magrit
25 days ago

You can thank Mitch Mcon man, for giving billions of our tax money to support the ethanol lobby. A worthless product that causes many problems for machinery and cars and all the corn grown Is GMO and full of glychophosphates