Re: Glyphosate update

**L* L* <l*@gmail.com>**

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Catriona Erler <
catriona@catrionatudorerler.com> wrote:

> Anyone interested (concerned) about effects of glyphosate on humans should
> check out this link
> <https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/
> 05/15/glyphosate-in-food.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=
> email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20180515Z1_UCM&et_
> cid=DM207282&et_rid=305460542>
> .
>
> Story at-a-glance
>
>    - Between 1974 — the year glyphosate entered the U.S. market — and 2014,
>    glyphosate use in the U.S. increased more than 250fold
>    - Few people had detectable levels of glyphosate in their urine in 1993,
>    but by 2016, 70 percent had detectable levels. Between 1993 and 2016,
> the
>    glyphosate levels in people’s bodies increased by 1,208 percent
>    - While both the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program
>    and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) measure pesticide
> residues
>    in foods, neither include glyphosate in their official testing
>    - Internal FDA emails reveal Roundup has been found in virtually all
>    foods tested, including granola, oatmeal products, crackers and honey
>    - Independent testing has found significant amounts of glyphosate in a
>    wide range of foods as well, including grains (especially oats),
> legumes,
>    beans, orange juice, wine and ice cream
>

Thanks for this heads-up. I didn't realize the contamination of Earth and
food was so pervasive.
It isn't just herbicide with glyphosate it is 2-4-D too. Under pressure
from media and industry salesmen
Harry Homeowner is now obsessed with jugs of it. He has found new life. He
can garden and not have to do any work removing weeds.
These things should be outlawed for general use by the public and
restricted to specially licensed landscape contractors to remove poison ivy.
The area representatives for Monsanto and Bayer are really nasty people
with their boldface lies and lack of concern for the public good.

-- 
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared
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