Re: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 174, Issue 3

**J* l* <j*@gmail.com>**

Not to mention Scotts RoUndUp deal....

Teaming

Jeff

Plant a row for the hungry/Read Teaming With Microbes, Teaming With Nutrients and Teaming With Fungi!

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>   1. Re: Glyphosate update (Lawrence London)
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> Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 19:45:13 -0400
> From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [GWL] Glyphosate update
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> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Catriona Erler <
> catriona@catrionatudorerler.com> wrote:
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>> 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>
>> .
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>> 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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