On 2019-05-19 2:23 p.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2019 08:47:22 -0500, Terry Coombs >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Â* No fear , uncertainty or doubt here . I've seen enough evidence to
>> believe that glyphosate is bad for humans and animals to ingest .
>
> Upon what evidence are you basing your statement? Point me to studies
> that have been conducted about ingestion of glyphosates?
>
>> The
>> big money pharma corps are doing everything they can to bury anybody
>> that disagrees with their assertions that this stuff is safe .
>
> Why would pharmas generally be interested in this? Monsanto has been
> the largest producer and it was very recently bought out by Bayer, but
> that is the crop science division of Bayer.
>
>
>> IMO it
>> ain't , and I will do what I can to minimize our exposure . Being a
>> beekeeper , I've also looked at information about the effects it has on
>> them - fortunately we live far far away from any monocropping operations
>> where chemicals are in widespread use . Doesn't kill them , but it does
>> have an effect on their (and our) "gut bacteria" .
>
> What does the gut biome of bees have to do with humans?
>
>
>> Did you know that it
>> was originally patented as an antibiotic ?
>
> Um, that was because of anti-protozoa activity and never pursued in
> any way one would think of antibiotics an humans.
>
>> Remember how a round of
>> antibiotics tore up your digestion ?
>
> Well, that is the way any antibiotic works - it'll likely kill off
> some good bacteria, too, while making sure that raging infection it's
> there to fight off doesn't make you explode as a bag of pus. Remember
> how people can drop dead from bacterial infections?
>
>> Well , glyphosate does the same
>> damn thing on a much smaller scale , but it's continuous .
>
> WTF are you talking about? "Continuous"? What is continuous?
>
>> Now I'm not
>> an "organic everything" fanatic , but we do try to limit or eliminate
>> things that we believe will harm our bodies .
>
> I think what you do is hang around fruitcake websites and spout their
> bullshit other places online. Put up or shut up.
>
Thank goodness for rationality! You are so much more eloquent than me:-)
Graham