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[Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>]

I realize this thread was broached earlier but I'm restimulated due to 
the work of a colleague in Bloomington who is writing a book on the 
subject. She had to purchase libel insurance just to write about it. 
Monsanto will not be pleased.

Drug Company Owns Monsanto and Their Weed Killer is What Funds GMO ... 
<http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/8/gmo_crops.htm>
Monsanto also decided that once its United States patent expired, it 
would supply its glyphosate molecule to competitors. The drop in the 
price of Roundup ...
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Superweeds are Sprouting in GMO Crops 1/29/03 
<http://www.mercola.com/2003/jan/29/gmo_crops.htm>
Since Roundup Ready crops were introduced in 1996, the use of glyphosate 
has increased two and a half times, with even higher increases in the 
Midwest. ...
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GMO Crops Are An Accident Waiting to Happen 
<http://www.mercola.com/2001/jun/2/gmo_crops.htm>
Roundup and other glyphosate products made up $2.6 billion of Monsanto's 
$5.5 billion in sales last year. St. Louis Post Dispatch May 3, 2001 ...
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Creating Super Weeds From GM Crops Is Much Easier Than You Think 
<http://www.mercola.com/blog/2005/oct/13/creating_super_weeds_from_gm_crops_is_much_easier_than_you_think> 

GM crops grown with Monsanto's Roundup Ready system and other glyphosate 
products accounted for some $1.6 billion in worldwide sales over the 
past nine ...
www.mercola.com/blog/2005/oct/13/creating_super_weeds_from_gm_crops_is_much_easier_than_you_think 
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Science, Precaution And Pesticides 
<http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/1/lymphoma.htm>
Glyphosate is sold as Roundup, Rodeo, Touchdown, Rattler, Sting, and 
Pondmaster, among other trademarked names. Roundup is the first reason 
Monsanto ...
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Monsanto Pushes Hormones on School Kids in Their Milk (Part 2) 
<http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/25/milk2.htm>
They also found that the application of glyphosate (such as the 
herbicide Roundup) increased the level of plant estrogens of bean crops. ...
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Why Genetically Modified Crops Can Devastate Health 7/2/03 
<http://www.mercola.com/2003/jul/2/gm_crops.htm>
Roundup caused cell division dysfunction that may be linked to human 
cancers. The known effects of both glufosinate and glyphosate are 
sufficiently serious ...
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Biotech: The Basics (Part One) 
<http://www.mercola.com/2001/jul/14/biotech.htm>
... to withstand applications of Monsanto's Roundup (active ingredient, 
glyphosate), as well as crops engineered to survive exposure to other 
herbicides.[1] ...
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U.S. Rice Supply Contaminated 
<http://www.mercola.com/2006/sep/7/us_rice_supply_contaminated.htm>
It has a genetically modified protein that makes the rice plants resist 
glyphosate, the weed killer also known as Round-Up. LLRICE 601 has not 
been approved ...
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More Reasons to Avoid Wheat 
<http://www.mercola.com/2003/jul/26/avoid_wheat.htm>
... methyl parathion, chlorpyrifos, dimethoate, diamba and glyphosate.9 
... North Dakota, Montana consider moratoriums on Roundup Ready wheat. ...
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--
Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
Permaculture Activist Magazine
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