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The Fonz · 06-12-2013, 12:39 AM

For the record, the European Union closed the border to lentils containing glyphosate residue in 2011. There is no such thing as a "RoundupReady" Lentil, but guys were using roundup as a pre-harvest desiccant on lentil crops so that they could get in sooner with the combines. There was FAR more concern over this, as Roundup applications were being done within weeks of harvest.

Yet the EU dropped the glyphosate ban the year after they invoked it. Roundup applications do not pose a threat, even days prior to going thru the combine and into the bin. It is not a residual product.

So unless there is another angle to target GMOs from... I don't get it.

And before anyone brings bees into this, Monsanto does not produce a product that kills bees. Thats garbage.

06-12-2013, 12:39 AM	#46
The Fonz Our Jessica Fletcher Join Date: Dec 2004 Exp:	For the record, the European Union closed the border to lentils containing glyphosate residue in 2011. There is no such thing as a "RoundupReady" Lentil, but guys were using roundup as a pre-harvest desiccant on lentil crops so that they could get in sooner with the combines. There was FAR more concern over this, as Roundup applications were being done within weeks of harvest. Yet the EU dropped the glyphosate ban the year after they invoked it. Roundup applications do not pose a threat, even days prior to going thru the combine and into the bin. It is not a residual product. So unless there is another angle to target GMOs from... I don't get it. And before anyone brings bees into this, Monsanto does not produce a product that kills bees. Thats garbage.