03-10-2019, 02:30 AM
I don't see any connection between roundup and old arsenic
Ok I'll be so kind as to enlighten you to the connection:
From the link: "Felton said that makes sense because of how the chemicals were used historically, including lead paint on the sides of buildings, arsenic used as an herbicide"
Ok so they are both herbicides. Each generation uses some toxic chemical on the soil as a shortcut to kill weeds because certain people want to make lots of money with mass agricultural production and take shortcuts on hard work.
And each subsequent generation discovers that the said chemicals are actually awful for the land and the people living on said land, even though the government previously said they are "safe" to use. DDT, Arsenic, maybe Roundup, whats next?
My take from this? Well, don't believe a damn thing the government tells you and don't use the supposed chemicals in farming.
Go on ahead and scoff and joke rainyjim. Pretend like that toxic stuff is okay for the land. I know that you know better and are more educated than that.
Turning this into an argument supporting organic farming seems ridiculous to me.
I feel lucky I live on land that wasn't once a sugarcane field so I don't have to worry about arsenic as much.
Edited to add this for our PW scientist:
The fact that so many people cannot see the connection between this and a loud and clear reason to promote organic farming seems ridiculous to me.
Ok I'll be so kind as to enlighten you to the connection:
From the link: "Felton said that makes sense because of how the chemicals were used historically, including lead paint on the sides of buildings, arsenic used as an herbicide"
Ok so they are both herbicides. Each generation uses some toxic chemical on the soil as a shortcut to kill weeds because certain people want to make lots of money with mass agricultural production and take shortcuts on hard work.
And each subsequent generation discovers that the said chemicals are actually awful for the land and the people living on said land, even though the government previously said they are "safe" to use. DDT, Arsenic, maybe Roundup, whats next?
My take from this? Well, don't believe a damn thing the government tells you and don't use the supposed chemicals in farming.
Go on ahead and scoff and joke rainyjim. Pretend like that toxic stuff is okay for the land. I know that you know better and are more educated than that.
Turning this into an argument supporting organic farming seems ridiculous to me.
I feel lucky I live on land that wasn't once a sugarcane field so I don't have to worry about arsenic as much.
Edited to add this for our PW scientist:
The fact that so many people cannot see the connection between this and a loud and clear reason to promote organic farming seems ridiculous to me.