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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEPA allows more Glyphosate in food
Glyphosate = Monsanto's herbicide
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/06/19/epa-raises-allowable-concentrations-of-monsantos-glyphosate-on-food-crops/
http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0132-0009
Monsanto continues to make more noise as they have recently raised the allowable concentrations of Monsantos Glyphosate on food crops, edible oils and animal feed. To be technically correct, it was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but the EPA and Monsanto are nothing but a revolving door. Dozens of individuals who work for and who have held high level positions at Monsanto have also held high level positions in the EPA, which is an agency (branch of the U.S. government) that sets regulations for the biotech giant (monsanto). For example, Linda J. Fisher, now working for DuPont, she is the former deputy administrator at the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances at the EPA, and the former Vice President of Government Affairs for the Monsanto Corporation. Another one is William Ruckelshaus. Mr Ruckelshaus served as the EPA administrator, the agencies top position. Mr Ruckelshaus also serves on the board of Monsanto. There are many more connections to be made (dozens), its no secret that the government, EPA as well as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) all hold connections amongst each other.
Urgent action is required here. Public comments are due by July 1 to object to new EPA regulations which are already in place (Increase of glyphosate contamination). You can object and post your comments here (link above). Its time to make better choices in our own lives!
Berlum
(7,044 posts)"Why don't you smelly proles just sit down now, STFU, and eat your mutant foodlike corporate crapola rations. Sneer."
- Monsanto
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Do you think farmers are allowed to only buy Monsanto seeds? Have you reasoned this through at all??
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Industrial Ag is efficiently doing away with farmers, and has been doing so since the 1960's. "Get Big or Get Out" - Earl B.) You should really inform yourself about what corporate industrial ag has done to farm families across America. It is truly tragic. What you are hilariously alleging is "reason' is -- oddly enough -- strikingly similar to the same lame effort at rationalizing exploitation of people, seed, land and water that we hear from Monsanto's vast cadre of well-funded PR minions.
So on one level it is efficient and highly profitable for Industrial Ag, Inc. to corrupt vast acres of the life in the soil and water with it's various poisons, including glyphosate. They rake in massive money bucks from using machinery and poisons. I guess as a proponent of Monsanto et.al that is what you are applauding.
But meanwhile, as has been true for decades, this mechanized, materialistic, chemicalized, mutant approach condemns great numbers of America's Farm Families to leave the land for the cities to seek work. It's a total social and environmental & dietrary tragedy.
But it's damn profitable for a few (1%), especially since the current dipsy-doodle laws allow Industrial Ag to keep its food and feed OCCULT -- hidden from public understanding.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Without question, one of us is totally ignorant about corporate farms. It isn't me.
The fraction of crops produced in the US by "Industrial Ag" is less than 20%. And you are telling me that "Industrial Ag" is driving the market for seed?
No, it is not.
Monsanto is providing the seeds the farmers want to grow. The farmers want the convenience of Roundup Ready crops. They wanted Bt crops. If you don't want them, don't buy them.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)But I choose to leave it out of my diet, my water, and my land. I wish Industrial Ag, Inc. did not use it, and did not foist it and its OCCULT seeds on me, my family, and my fellow Americans. We have a right to food without chemical and GMO crap, despite your defense of the legally-perverse "right" to pollute people and planet with death-dealing chemicals.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)The Venn diagram in the OP is representative of the federal government in general and is only tangentially related to the EPA.
Even in the direct cases, the connection is weak. Linda Fisher was with the EPA a dozen years ago and now works for DuPont.
handmade34
(22,758 posts)implication is the connection (money, votes, etc) between the Gov't and Monsanto...
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)If your point is that Monsanto owns the EPA, then flashing up Hillary's connection through Rose Law is way off base.
handmade34
(22,758 posts)OWNS the EPA... but there are unhealthy connections and I vehemently oppose more chemicals allowed in our food supply...
as for Pres Obama signing the Monsanto Protection Act and Hillary Clinton's connections... well, these are realities and I am pragmatic enough to know these things can't be hidden and we must work to make things better and to help politicians do the right thing eventually
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)NoMoreWarNow
(1,259 posts)this regulation is madness. Thanks for the link.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)and I've stopped using it at all for weeds. Am testing a recipe of white vinegar, vegetable based dish soap and a dash of salt.
forestpath
(3,102 posts)handmade34
(22,758 posts)but good citizens must fight for the right things (less chemicals in our food, not more)
SidDithers
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Why is it that the anti-GMO, anti-Monsanto movement is so closely tied to anti-vax, anti-fluoridation, AIDS-denier, medical woo sites?
Sid
handmade34
(22,758 posts)the news is that EPA is going to allow greater amounts of glyphosate in our food supply... if it would make you feel better the news can come from a different source, Grist maybe...
http://grist.org/food/gut-punch-monsanto-could-be-destroying-your-microbiome/
ThinkProgress...
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/04/10/1832621/monsanto-protection-act-power/
The Hill...
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/energyenvironment/296939-epa-finalizes-roundup-residue-limit
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
handmade34
(22,758 posts)bluedeathray
(511 posts)Take this OP seriously. Quote from: http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC33138
Signs and Symptoms of Glyphosate Poisoning
NOTE! There may be other diseases and chemicals that have similar symptoms.
If you have a poisoning emergency in the United States call 1-800-222-1222.
If the victim has collapsed or is unconscious, call 911.
Glyphosate is a Glyphosate compound.
Report a Poisoning
Symptoms of Poisoning with Glyphosate Compounds
Find Products Containing this Chemical
- Formulations may show moderate toxicity.
- The trimethylsulfonium salt causes eye irritation in rabbits; some formulations may cause much more extreme irritation of the skin or eyes.
- Some formulations may show high acute inhalation toxicity.
Source for Group Symptoms: Extension Toxicology Network (EXTOXNET), Oregon State University. June 1996.
Treatment for Glyphosate Poisoning
See: Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning, 5th edition, U.S. EPA, Chapter 13. March 1999.
Symptoms of Glyphosate Exposure from the International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC)
Report a Poisoning
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NOTE! PREVENT DISPERSION OF DUST!
Route of Exposure
Symptoms
First Aid
Inhalation
Cough. (See Ingestion). Fresh air rest. Refer for medical attention.
Skin
Rinse skin with plenty of water or shower.
Eyes
Redness. First rinse with plenty of water for several minutes (remove contact lenses if easily possible) then take to a doctor.
Ingestion
Diarrhoea. Shortness of breath. Vomiting. Weakness. Rinse mouth. Refer for medical attention.
Notes for ICSC Information
The alkali metal and amine salts are readily soluble in water. Carrier solvents used in commercial formulations may change physical and toxicological properties. Roundup (for the monoisopropylammonium salt) and Polado (for the sesquisodium salt) are trade names.
Symptoms of Glyphosate Exposure from Other Sources
- Formulations may show moderate toxicity.
- The trimethylsulfonium salt causes eye irritation in rabbits; some formulations may cause much more extreme irritation of the skin or eyes.
- Some formulations may show high acute inhalation toxicity.
Source for Symptoms: Extension Toxicology Network (EXTOXNET), Oregon State University. June 1996. (ExToxNet)
First Aid for Glyphosate Poisoning
No first aid available for this particular chemical. Get medical aid.