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Little Star

(17,055 posts)
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 05:12 PM Oct 2018

Roundup Weed Killer Called Out as a Bee Killer........

For years, researchers have struggled to pinpoint the reasons behind dramatically dwindling bee populations. This certainly isn’t the first time a pesticide has been implicated.

About 70 different commonly consumed food crops are sprayed with glyphosate, so just because a food is not genetically engineered does not mean it’s free of glyphosate. As previously discussed in many articles, glyphosate and glyphosate-based weed killer formulations such as Roundup have been linked to a wide variety of human health consequences...…….

https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/roundup-weed-killer-called-out-bee-killer

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Roundup Weed Killer Called Out as a Bee Killer........ (Original Post) Little Star Oct 2018 OP
Monsanto is the Most Evil Corporation on earth!! donkeypoofed Oct 2018 #1

donkeypoofed

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1. Monsanto is the Most Evil Corporation on earth!!
Thu Oct 11, 2018, 05:27 PM
Oct 2018

THEY have damn well known the dangers of their poisons for years - and they just don't care because of money!! They want to make money now and screw later generations; they want money now!! The bees are dying? Our stockholders are rich, so so what?!?!

And if you eat soy, you are eating "Round Up ready" soy - as it has been genetically modified to he able to take large amounts of glyphosate and still grow. And any organic farms in the area are not safe from this spray being in the wind.

Too bad there isn't an ethical EPA that could stop this tragedy - and if our bees die off, it WILL be a tragedy!!!

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