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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:39 PM Original message |
2 teenage girls died and 8 injured in a detasseling incident in whiteside county illinois |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. awwww, I hate farming accidents. So sorry. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Less of an accident here - more like death by Monsanto :-( |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I read the full article. Looked up what detasseling was. Still have no clue how... |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Same here. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:56 PM Original message |
They're told to walk around them as to not hit their head or be sprayed with potential chemicals. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Actually, it sounds like they were *specifically* instructed to not walk near that unit. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Irrigation pumps found at the corners of fields are powered by electricity, sometime they are not |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. More likely 480 volt AC three phase power. Speaking from experience.....it is.... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I knew it would be big, just didn't know how big. nt |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Jeezus. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yep, the entire structure is metal (aluminum usually), so they probably grabbed on... |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. irrigation system is |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Edited: I see now they were climbing over a pivot unit. You can be sure they were under pressure to |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Jeeze. Like the soldiers in Iraq getting killed in the showers. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. 14 years old? working for monsanto? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Beats McDonalds as far as experience is concerned. But yes, Monsanto probably cut corners. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Or kill the power when kids are trudging through the water? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. So the kids would've been OK how about the pivot feeder maintainer? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I would hope he turns the power off when working/checking on it. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I worked with these sorts of machines, we were walking around them all the time. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Here's a local parent I tend to agree with: |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Now that I know what de-tasseling is, it sounds like... |
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Another Bill C. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. In our state |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. It is very common for young workers to detassle. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. It's fairly common for teenagers to do detaselling in farm country |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. I detasseled corn when I was 13 and 14. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. It's something lots of teenagers do around here |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. I worked for Dekalb for $3.10/hr when I was 12 years old. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. This is horrible... But it just seems par for the course when Monsanto is involved... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. They worked for the terrorist predator corporation Monsanto. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wonder if Monsanto owned the fields and equipment. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. They were working for Monsanto... |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. According to the article, that missing detassler has not |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. Odd--I did that as a teenager and there were no irrigation systems |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's fairly close to where my father lives |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. Can someone please explain to me what detasseling is? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I had to look it up: |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Thank you. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. Umm... did everyone pay to access this article? ??? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Same Thing Happened To Me |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. They must have re-set it sometime before today and last night. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Thanks. That Works Much Better |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. thank you! |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Still going right through for me. |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. Detasseling is something lots of kids do around here |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. And losing a child to Monsanto..... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
42. WTH is "detasseling"? |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I had to look it up also |
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