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Thanks Jeanette.
But I wasn't trying to be diplomatic or kind. I saw what you emailed to Zena as a councillor. And had read some of the Guardian pieces. So I'm aware that there are evidence-based concerns; but also strong arguments in contention.
Of course there's a problem with awaiting the next, larger, more thorough - etc etc - study before taking any action. If the stuff is as damaging as you and many scientists fear, the damage to people, plants and animals has been done.
So it seems to me that better-safe-than-sorry is not a bad approach. And at minimum trying to reduce the use and find substitutes.
I think back to the damage caused by the use of lead in petrol and how long that took to phase out. And now the problem of air pollution and the long term serious damage - especially to very young children.
So, OK you've seen that but you're going to ignore it and divert the discussion by introducing some other irrelevant " facts ".
It's not glyphosate you're campaigning against but big-business Monsanto.
NeilT
About Dr Stephanie Seneff: "She seems to be quoted in so many anti-vax sites, I smell a rat."
Try this please. Do a search on "Glyphosate the new bogeyman" the title of the article you cite in "Science Based Medicine" written by Dr Steven Novella. Notice page after page of citations? Is this the "glaring and all too familiar" signs of a conspiracy theory? Should we "smell a rat?"
I'd suggest it's more likely to be the seductive scent of churnalism. Online material repeated and re-re-circulated to fill-up websites and blogs. Possibly even machine-generated?
Which may tell us little or nothing about Dr Novella's science. Or indeed about Dr Seneff's science either.
Scepticism both personal and scientific is sensible when far-reaching claims are being made. But have the scientists from different EU countries really been arguing about a bogeyman?
Hi folks, since posting this original message, re Monsanto's 'Rounup (glyphosate), I've received some interesting messages, though some have also been quite hostile to the idea that there's a chemical in our food, reaching our bodies, which is harmful. I expected that response. The last such message, was to accuse me of having nothing against Glyphosate, but instead, Monsanto, as, 'big business'. That was the last ridiculous straw. Absolutely nothing could be further from the truth. As slushy and cliche as it may sound, I actually do care for my fellow man, who are unsuspectingly ingesting this harmful chemical. As I, (and I should imagine most people), don't believe in banging my head against a brick wall, I'll end here, as each is entitled to his or her opinion and, I have no inclination towards having a slanging match. One last thing though ... 'organic is safest'!
Is that supposed to be witty?
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