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Hawkins, Darwin wrote: > > Hogwarsh!! Obviously you don't live in Kansas or you would know better. > > 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 -----------just like here on the prairie abyss-------------- > 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". > yes...you are right about wheat BUT... Roundup is sprayed from an airplane on SUNFLOWERS. it kills the sunflowers very dead they dry out and are harvested Roundup is supposed to be one of the "safest" of herbicides because it is metabolised by soil bacteria and has a short half-life. i wonder what the LD-50 is for roundup on humans...just wondering. harder to analyse is where the breakdown components go. --------------------------------------- a few years ago a friend of mine--and a darn good potter-- built a house of his own design. the house has lots of real exposed beams. the beams came from old barns in the area . the beams from timber frame barns were usually free if we did the demolition ourselves. When we were out looking-- one of the best preserved barns had been sprayed with DDT well over 40 years ago. We walked through --but didn't touch anything. there wasn't a spider or fly anywhere. needless to say--we passed that one up. the real damage occurs as the pesticide is concentrated through the food chain. guess what carnivore is at the top of the food chain? my apologies to marjory. first called humans primates and now carnivores. does wonders for the self image, huh? --------------------------------------------- SNIPPED > > > > 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+ > >