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Berlum

(7,044 posts) Sun Feb 16, 2014, 05:30 PM Feb 2014

Pesticides May Be More Dangerous Than Testing Reveals [View all]

Don't be suckered by the Corporate Poo-flinging Attacks, Inc. (R) on organic food that are systematically pimped on DU.

"Testing of pesticides focuses on the active ingredient. But many other “inert” ingredients are added to the pesticide formulation that is actually sold. A new study suggests that these additives can make pesticides more dangerous to cells than current safety testing reveals.

"A team of French scientists has concluded that studies focused solely on the active ingredients of commercially sold pesticides substantially underestimate their potential hazards....

http://www.cornucopia.org/2014/02/pesticides-may-dangerous-testing-reveals-study-finds/

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Pesticides May Be More Dangerous Than Testing Reveals [View all] Berlum Feb 2014 OP

EPA: Pesticides in Food & health problems Berlum Feb 2014 #1

Effects of pesticides on human health Berlum Feb 2014 #2

A Toxic Tale Berlum Feb 2014 #3

Poison is poisonous. JaneyVee Feb 2014 #4

Who would have thought? Chemisse Feb 2014 #7

And some who post here under contract to Monsanto BanzaiBonnie Feb 2014 #51

Industrial Ag (R) & Big GMO, Inc. (R) are serving you dangerous poisonous crap, often OCCULTLY Berlum Feb 2014 #5

If it is so true that truedelphi Feb 2014 #12

This administration has been a predictable, pro-corporate disaster for the environment & wilderness villager Feb 2014 #15

Toxic Chemical Accumulation in the Human Body Berlum Feb 2014 #6

Wish I could rec your reply. n/t truedelphi Feb 2014 #13

This graphic is very informative BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #24

Sorry, but that graphic is just flat out wrong on salt. NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #59

Be wise. Avoid the Corporately Funded Smear Attacks on Clean Food Berlum Feb 2014 #8

DUrec. bvar22 Feb 2014 #9

k/r solarhydrocan Feb 2014 #10

If aliens exist... tecelote Feb 2014 #11

well, the paid corporate shills here do have to sing for their (chemically-laced) suppers... villager Feb 2014 #14

I have no idea why someone alerted on this post, but they did. Rex Feb 2014 #16

Touched a nerve, I guess? villager Feb 2014 #17

Guess not! Rex Feb 2014 #18

Now, now, let's not go knocking wolves... they're having a hard enough time... villager Feb 2014 #20

Indeed. Berlum Feb 2014 #25

Nothing wrong with scientific materialism; a lot of these "pro-science" guys are pretty anti-science Chathamization Feb 2014 #36

That is the least justifiable alert I have ever seen! another_liberal Feb 2014 #21

What's really telling is that these same folks engage in the most derisive of snark.... villager Feb 2014 #48

probably because it's a copout to believe everyone who disagrees with you is some kind of paid dionysus Feb 2014 #41

like the copout that everyone who disagrees with you is engaging in "woo?" villager Feb 2014 #47

LOL arikara Feb 2014 #49

hypocrisy is added to their list of "virtues!" villager Feb 2014 #53

Because it's a fallacious ad hominem attack, maybe? Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #50

and you certainly have expertise in ad hominem attacks! villager Feb 2014 #54

And this, boys and girls, is irony! Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #55

My point exactly! villager Feb 2014 #57

K & R malaise Feb 2014 #19

kick fascisthunter Feb 2014 #22

That's cool. CFLDem Feb 2014 #23

Primary intention of my OP was to counter the regular, systematic bashing of sustainability on DU Berlum Feb 2014 #26

So it's just preaching to choir.., CFLDem Feb 2014 #28

Nope. It's countering the Vast Heap of Dangerous Bullshit, Inc. (R) Berlum Feb 2014 #29

You keep bringing up sustainable solutions CFLDem Feb 2014 #30

You've not looked very deep then... Berlum Feb 2014 #31

You're trolling us, right? CFLDem Feb 2014 #37

Free Clues Berlum Feb 2014 #38

Lol ok CFLDem Feb 2014 #42

But your post is nonsense. HuckleB Apr 2014 #61

Imagine that. SamKnause Feb 2014 #27

There is something wrong with a scenario where posters on a progressive Zorra Feb 2014 #32

+1000 G_j Feb 2014 #45

We're only talking about brown-skinned migrant workers here so no big deal. lpbk2713 Feb 2014 #33

My uncle was part of the Chemical War unit in WWII and I have a poster of my own: Farm chemicals jwirr Feb 2014 #34

Very slowly for you MattBaggins Feb 2014 #35

Very slowly back at you: Industrial Ag Synthetic Chemical Poisons are different Berlum Feb 2014 #39

Very very very slowly for you MattBaggins Feb 2014 #40

Thanks for keeping this thread kicked Berlum Feb 2014 #44

That isn't much of an argument gollygee Feb 2014 #46

How about Agent Orange? flamingdem Feb 2014 #43

my father was a farmer and used something like agent orange before it was a weapon. The farmers jwirr Feb 2014 #52

I would guess it caused lymphoma? flamingdem Feb 2014 #56

In my father's case it was lung cancer. jwirr Feb 2014 #58

As anyone who follows this stuff would expect, this is really bad junk science. HuckleB Apr 2014 #60