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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
  • To: permagriculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permagriculture] Plant lists for the tropics + comment on go
  • Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:20:15 -0400

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Stephen Sherman <spsherm@msn.com> wrote:

> Exactly Lawrence. And even beyond that, there was no recognition that
> changing the delivery methods



> and plant location of previously approved chemicals


What does this mean, plant location?


> requires reassessing their safety. I guess that is what happens when you
> put industry lawyers in charge of the science which is supposed to protect
> people's health.


Farmer beware, homeowner gardener and landscaper beware, landscape
professional beware and consumer beware.

Risks from roundup or glyphosate herbicide are well beyond the risk of
cancer. Consider infiltration of the water table, spray drift
and of course residues of it on or in foods that are partly or completely
gmo like potatoes and bread.

Subscribe to the newsletter:
The Institute of Science in Society
Science Society Sustainability
www.i-sis.org.uk
and read Joe Cummins' research and writing in the sanet-mg archives and in
a small archive I put together here:
Joe Cummins' posts to the Sanet-MG list 8/16/2002 to 7/18/2007
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/SoilWiki/message-archives/JoeCummins/maillist.html
Potatoes
the carcinogen acrylamide may be formed by heating asparagine with sugar
http://www.ibiblio.org/london/SoilWiki/message-archives/JoeCummins/msg00015.html

The article below stresses the "discovery" that the carcinogen and nerve
toxin acrylamide is found in cooked potatoes and can be formed by
heating the amino acid asparagine with sugar. Neither the article nor
the government web sites mention the fact that polyacrylamide (that is
made up of acrylamide units) is used to wash vegetables, added to
irrigation water and added to pesticide sprays a truly glaring omission!
CNN 30 sept. 2002
Scientists identify carcinogen clue

RELATED
Food and Drug Administration external link

WASHINGTON (AP) --Scientists have found a clue to the chemical reaction
that may cause potato chips, french fries and other fried or baked
starchy foods to build up high levels of a possible cancer-causing
substance.

The suspect is asparagine, a naturally occurring amino acid that, when
heated with certain sugars such as glucose, leads to the formation of
the worrisome substance acrylamide.

And, some hilarity:

ain't nobody here but us chickens
There ain't nobody here but us chickens, there ain't nobody here at
all” One cannot help but think of that fine old tune in dealing
with bureaucrats who are responsible for administrating the safety
evaluation of genetically modified (GM) crops. The bureaucrats seem
to be active , as the song goes “Tomorrow is a busy day, we've got
things to do, we've got eggs to lay We got ground to dig and worms
to scratch” however, a question remains , are the bureaucrats up to
scratch? Are the bureaucrats looking out for the safety of the public,
or are they just clucking?


--
Lawrence F. London
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared/




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