Elaine Parrish wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, jake wrote:
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>>Elaine Parrish wrote:
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>>>On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, jake wrote:
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>>>>soy beans are not so good for the environment.
>>>
>>>Why?
>>>
>>>Elaine, too
>>>
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>>Rainforest is burned down to grow it (in South America, if my memory
>>serves me right), and I am not for genetically manipulated soy. Most soy
>>is non-organic and there fore likely to GM. I am no expert on the
>>subject, though. Os if anyone here knows more, don't take my word for it.
>>
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>
> Oh, ok. I see what you are saying. The destruction of the rainforest for
> any reason is a terrible thing.
>
> They are GM so many things today that it is hard to keep track. I don't
> know what all they are doing to soy beans.

I don't know what it is they do exactly, either. Soy and corn seem to be
the top GM foods. Other than that, I know nothing. But there is
something to be said for more natural ways.
>
> I don't know if much of anything being grown on a commercial scale is
> organic, because of the extensive use of pesticides. After WW2 my
> grandfather switched from growing cotton to growing soybeans. He used
> chemical pesticides way back then.
>
> I have my concerns about "organic", too. Before WW2, the pesticide of
> choice was arsenic. egads! Nature can kill you! haha.
>
Water can kill if you drink too much of it