Re: GMO soy feeds people more herbicide
Russell Hogue (gatech!csulb.edu!newshub.csu.net!alpha.sky.net!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!news.mirRussell Hogue)
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:34:54 -400
In article <33325F93.7B87@gist.net.au>
Dave Riches <dave@gist.net.au> wrote:
> Wesley Trotman wrote:
> >
> > You may call me a Ludite but I am suspicious of all "cides" as animals
> > and plants evolved together over millions of years and often whats is
> > injurious to plants may very well be harmfull to animals. We often don't
> > find out the side effects untill many decades of ingestion.
> > Also can we trust the truthfullnes of large multi national chemical
> > companies? Their past records have not been all that good.
> >
>
> OK, I'll call you a Luddite. Name one agricultural chemical with a
> proven side-effect discovered after long term ingestion by humans (DDT
> isn't one of them either).
>
It would seem that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
and no matter how much evidence is supplied, some people just will not accept
that chemicals do cause a lot of damage to mammals birds and fish. If you
believe that strongly that agricultural chemicals do not harm humans, conduct
your own scientific experiment. Ingest large quantities of any organochlorine
chemical and document the side affects. I await patiently your findings.
True believer