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I think the "Roundup" is only used to KILL the vegetation. I've sprayed thousands of gal. of this stuff. In fact we would mix it in 30,000 gal batches. And we would mix 2 to 3 batches per day. We used it to control plant growth on the shoulders of WA state highways. Some orchards would use it to "prune" excess portions of branches. We sprayed other herbicides in equal volumes as roundup. I supervised a group of juvenile "offenders" and I pet many of them doing it as "job training" (on orders). We only did it for a couple months per year. Thank God I have not done it for over 16 years. The company reps for this stuff would mix it up in a glass & drink it to demonstrate its safety. I wonder if there are statistics of neuro disorders on the company reps that drank the stuff? David Meigs Darwin Hakins said: > When you put in the statement, > > " In the fall to ripen the crop it will again be directly sprayed > > with a herbicide called RoundUp which kills the entire crop evenly for > > harvesting." > > > you lost all creditibility concerning your other statements. Wheat > is harvested here in late June to early July. It is an annual and turns > brown during the last few weeks of growth as the summer starts heating up. > It is replanted (Winter wheat) in late September to early October. Roundup > would do nothing to "ripen" a crop. The crop would already have to be > "ripe". > > > > ---------- > > From: Don Diswinka[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 3:09 PM > > Subject: Re: Rotenone > > > > Marjorie > > > > > > > > However, it's me who has the PD, and I never was around any of the > > pesticides. > > > > I respect your right to your opinion, however... > > > > .... just because you didn't personally handle pesticides, does not mean u > > are not or were not in contact with pesticides, everyone either living in > > the city or on the farm are eating both residual herbicides and pesticides > > every day unless you do not eat any of the food produced in our daily food > > chain... > > > > Why it affects only some of us and not all of us with the same diseases, > > I > > can't answer that one. > > > > Let me give you an example--do u eat bread,or cereals?? IF so- let me tell > > you the production cycle.. This fall the agricultural community has > > already > > sprayed all the fields with a herbicide to kill any growth or weeds. In > > the > > spring and over the summer other herbicide(s) (and other pesticide(s) will > > be added on top of the process), and the spraying will be repeated 2-3 > > times > > during the growing period of wheat for example which produces flour for > > your > > bread. Which means that the soil is now totally loaded with both > > herbicides > > and pesticides and as the plant grows in its entire life cycle the leaves > > and roots feed of moisture and soil contaminated by both the herbicides > > and > > pesticides. In the fall to ripen the crop it will again be directly > > sprayed > > with a herbicide called RoundUp which kills the entire crop evenly for > > harvesting. > > > > No, I am not condemning any farmers out there!! They have to do this in > > order to compete and survive in the world economy. > > > > IMHO anyone who thinks that all residual traces of all these herbicides > > and > > pesticides used are still not in that food chain after harvest, please > > carefully think again > > > > While washing a may remove a surface contaminant, those who think a simple > > washing will solve the problem of vegeteables which have been feed > > internally their entire life cycle with herbicides and pesticides, please > > carefully think again. > > > > > > Don 51/3 > > PD+ > >