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Re: Roundup information

John A. Keslick, Jr. wrote:

> 
> In California, where reporting of pesticide-caused illnesses
> is more comprehensive than in other states, 
 
(and dare I suggest more prevalent!)

> glyphosate exposure was the third most commonly-reported cause of
> pesticide illness among agricultural workers. For landscape
> maintenance workers, glyphosate ranked highest.

Ok.  Lets end this pointless discussion, which attempts to paint
glyphosate as one of the worlds most toxic chemicals when the scientific
data overwhelmingly supports the opposite.  Your above point is a
classic; confusing "exposure" to concentrated product (more hazardous)
with "exposure" to food containing minute amounts of glyphosate residue
(infinitely less hazardous).  How many of the workers picked up a dose
of glyphosate when using the product according to label directions? 
Spills and accidents do occur, however products do not leap out of tins
or drums and poison people!  You are entitled to your point of view but
I would like you to spare a thought for the farmers who are trying to
produce food for everyone else and a living for themselves.  Why do you
think our primitive forebears used slash and burn agriculture and were
nomadic?  TIMES HAVE CHANGED!  If crop protection chemicals were banned
totally tomorrow, 30% of the world's food production would disappear
overnight - food for thought you would have to agree.
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