Comments on: Letter to Editor: Toxic is? Sedona Weed Control

By: JIm H

JIm H — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:16:16 +0000

PS I certainly hope Sedona does not use Roundup in any way, shape or form!

By: Jim H

Jim H — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:12:42 +0000

It is curious to see the Roundup scenario ten years later. Monsanto/ Bayer is clearly the villain with a new $10+billion liability settlement (among the largest settlements ever in U.S. civil litigation) dated June 24, 2020. Usually what we know about issues in the future is far different from what we know at the time. It would seem that if we lived life with a bit of regard for the future and how the future would likely play out, we would be a much smarter society. Usually resistance is the foundation for a failure to heed common sense. Feel free to argue for your limitations.. They will not stand up in the future!
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Note: Bayer who bought Monsanto and Roundup in 2018 is a pharmaceutical company. The pharmaceutical industry spend 300 million lobby dollars with Congress in 2019. double the next two largest lobby industries, electronics and insurance. #4 Oil and Gas was at $124m. Heed our future or we won’t have one.
Namasté

By: Meredith about Monsanto

Meredith about Monsanto — Sun, 26 May 2013 21:33:51 +0000

Hello, I received this and want you to hear about it. I want others to stand up for our rights! Thank you.

Is there a company in the world more evil than Monsanto? I don’t think so.

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Sources:

1. “Lobbying Spending Database—Monsanto Co, 2013,” OpenSecrets.org, accessed May 21, 2013
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000055

“How the Monsanto Protection Act snuck into law,” Salon, March 27, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=290195&id=68363-17675177-8KrLnrx&t=4

2. “‘Monsanto Protection Act 2.0′ Would Ban GMO-Labeling Laws At State Level,” International Business Times, May 20, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=290225&id=68363-17675177-8KrLnrx&t=5

By: Julie Firth post on Facebook

Julie Firth post on Facebook — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:06:50 +0000

270,000 Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto http://www.growswitch.com
More than 270,000 organic farmers are taking on corporate agriculture giant Monsanto in a lawsuit filed in March. Led by the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association…

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.growswitch.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F07%2F270000-organic-farmers-sue-monsanto%2F%23.TknxVJoacic.facebook&h=uAQBcMG6_

and also Cindi Wilmer FB repost: Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn articles.mercola.com
Hungary’s decision to destroy nearly 1,000 acres of corn because they were grown with genetically modified organisms should be a wake-up call for the U.S.

By: Jennifer Tanner

Jennifer Tanner — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:15:28 +0000

to all those who read and believe the hype I say to you, I’m glad you are healthy and don’t understand the hard way that toxic really means toxic and environmentalists really do have something else to do but know without watching we are poisoning ourselves and our visitors. I almost died from Roundup and thankfully after years am able to write about it. Most people don’t realize that they are ill from pesticides and they attribute it to something else. You are listening to the people who control the entire world’s food supply. Think again. I am talking from my personal experience as well as others.
There are natural things that work, the problem is that we haven’t had someone who understands how to use them (its as different as chemotherapy and homeopathy) and needs to be consistent to work, as in a whole hearted attempt.
Hopefully Sedona will stand firm on this issue but do a better and more complete job. Thanks for thinking about it.

By: mike schroeder

mike schroeder — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:00:52 +0000

Spend $100 million on a road and it ends up looking like an unkept abandoned lot. Great decision.