Monsanto lobbyist won't drink weed killer after claiming it's safe to drink

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I almost didn't recognize you for a moment!

Ironic, given that this now IS me, and the old one was ellen page!

[Rennadrel]

Seems like carcinogens are becoming a hot button issue these days. The paint used to coat cast iron for the products we use at work apparently has carcinogen in it and is hazardous because it gets airborne in a machine shop due to milling the paint off the material.

[Revi]

Ironic, given that this now IS me, and the old one was ellen page!

Why have you stolen Ellen Page's account? D:

[Jester Joe]

Ironic, given that this now IS me, and the old one was ellen page!

So that's what the mythical Erin actually looks like?!

[Masark]

GMO =/= Pesticides

Monsanto = Pesticides.

In this case, they go hand in hand, as glyphosate isn't very useful without a glyphosate-resistant crop ("roundup-ready" canola or soybeans or whatnot), which are created via genetic engineering.

[Rennadrel]

We've known for decades that pesticides are not safe. This isn't news. But the amount of pesticides we do use (hint has gone through the roof) is harmful to a lot of different things. The run off alone is bad enough.

Funny enough with GMOs they make it easier for crops to be decimated by bugs. But how? Well when everyone is planting the exact same seed with no genetic diversity across the region when a bug comes along that gets past the 'gmo pesticide built into it' that bug spreads like wild fire to all the surrounding fields.

Bugs just get stronger and more resistant to the pesticides we use more than anything. Better off doing like Japan and grown everything inside warehouses built up with UV lights in order to grow food, it's far easier since you are using man made devices to make plants grow more easily, including creating day/night cycles.

[Deleted]

So that's what the mythical Erin actually looks like?!

I've had pictures of me up before! One of the first avatars I used, if not THE first one, was me! And then the second one too! This isn''t my best photo mind, late at night in my pyjamas with all my makeup worn off but it's small enough that I can get away with it I think.

[mickybrighteyes]

Prove it, drink it!



No, of course you are not... We're going to believe you or Monsanto over the World Health Organization?

Besides, this piece was posted to demonstrate the stupidity of the individual, with a response somewhat like yours. Regardless of the underlying issue, the outcome would have been the same.

that's not even fair... Dr. W.H.O. or some random blokes?

[GodlyBob]

Bugs just get stronger and more resistant to the pesticides we use more than anything. Better off doing like Japan and grown everything inside warehouses built up with UV lights in order to grow food, it's far easier since you are using man made devices to make plants grow more easily, including creating day/night cycles.

Didn't they just make a cabbage farm inside the building that used to be a sony plant? They were claiming being able to harvest something like 100,000 cabbages a day using 1% of the water of traditional farming.

[Deleted]

Didn't they just make a cabbage farm inside the building that used to be a sony plant? They were claiming being able to harvest something like 100,000 cabbages a day using 1% of the water of traditional farming.

Who the fuck is gonna eat 100,000 cabbages a day though. Tastes like stale piss.

[Jester Joe]

I've had pictures of me up before! One of the first avatars I used, if not THE first one, was me! And then the second one too! This isn''t my best photo mind, late at night in my pyjamas with all my makeup worn off but it's small enough that I can get away with it I think.

Oh gosh darn it girl, what is with it and the "Well I have no makeup so I must look bad" attitude! :P

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Oh gosh darn it girl, what is with it and the "Well I have no makeup so I must look bad" attitude! :P

Well, it's not as bad as it used to be, but I'm definitely one of the people who look better with makeup than without. My eyes like all small and goofy without eyemakeup at least.

[Jester Joe]

Well, it's not as bad as it used to be, but I'm definitely one of the people who look better with makeup than without. My eyes like all small and goofy without eyemakeup at least.

Probably just because you're used to it, looks fine to me!

But this is kinda off topic I suppose.

[Independent voter]

I use Roundup herbicide around the trailer to keep the weeds down, my neighbor uses a big blow torch.

[GodlyBob]

Who the fuck is gonna eat 100,000 cabbages a day though. Tastes like stale piss.

It might just be that I'm from California and we're uh...kind of having a wee problem regarding water right now which will likely continue in to the near future. The vast majority of the State's water goes towards farming. Even a small improvement in management there would do wonders for us.

[Deleted]

It might just be that I'm from California and we're uh...kind of having a wee problem regarding water right now which will likely continue in to the near future. The vast majority of the State's water goes towards farming. Even a small improvement in management there would do wonders for us.

Yeah man, I'm all for that, but why would you spend a single drop growing fucking cabbages when you could grow good shit like whatever falafel is made of, or like tomatos or cucumbers or OMG BELL MOTHERFUCKING PEPPERS. RED ONES CONTAIN SEVERAL TIMES MORE VITAMINS THAN GREEN ONES. Or beansprouts.

Cabbages. REALLY?!

[Jester Joe]

Yeah man, I'm all for that, but why would you spend a single drop growing fucking cabbages when you could grow good shit like whatever falafel is made of, or like tomatos or cucumbers or OMG BELL MOTHERFUCKING PEPPERS. RED ONES CONTAIN SEVERAL TIMES MORE VITAMINS THAN GREEN ONES. Or beansprouts.

Cabbages. REALLY?!

I cut my finger pretty deeply once while cutting a cabbage, so I can honestly say this with 100% honesty in my voice.

Cabbages trigger me.

[Daerio]

I use Roundup herbicide around the trailer to keep the weeds down, my neighbor uses a big blow torch.

I like using fire too, but mine isn't military issue unfortunately.

[Deleted]

I cut my finger pretty deeply once while cutting a cabbage, so I can honestly say this with 100% honesty in my voice.

Cabbages trigger me.

Well it was bound to happen. If you didn't cut yourself by accident while cutting the cabbage, you'd be wanting to cut yourself on purpose by the time you were done eating the fucking thing.

[Emageht Tsoluoy]

In this case, they go hand in hand, as glyphosate isn't very useful without a glyphosate-resistant crop ("roundup-ready" canola or soybeans or whatnot), which are created via genetic engineering.

Monsanto makes GMO crops.

Monsanto does not make all GMO crops...
But that is their end-goal...

In fact, the way Monsanto breeds a dependency on the specific poison that only they make, is a perfect example of ethics abuse.

People need food to survive.
Monsanto corners the "food" market.
Monsanto obliterates all meaningful competition.

Now, Monsanto is in the position to make pretty much any demands it wants, and use the US legal system to enforce it's profit-driven batshit agenda because only their seed exists after they sue all other farmers out of business, and people need food to survive so any price that does not result in a violent revolution will be paid begrudgingly by humanity.

When people are eventually faced with the choices of illegally growing crops that are interbred with Monsanto property and going to either jail or debtor's prison...

Even if legacy seed is used, it is effectively impossible to avoid the wind from naturally dispersing Monsanto DNA across all other fields in the state.

Farmers have been sued to oblivion for growing 3rd/4th generation Legacy/Monsanto crops that cross-pollinated without their knowledge, because their fields were downwind from a Monsanto field 5 years ago.