"jay" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 25 May 2006 15:44:45 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:
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>> Sheldon, I'm sorry, but he's right about the Roundup. The only way to
>> test
>> these things is to use the same methodology as drug companies. They have
>> to
>> be tested on humans. Since no sane person would volunteer for that, as
>> they
>> do for drug trials, safety testing is logically impossible.
>
>
> A simple explaination of how roundup works:
>
> http://home.howstuffworks.com/question357.htm
>
> Certified organic farms may not use it, most all others do. Few
> restaurants buy organic anything. If you have purchased and consumed
> produce over the years.. you have been volunteering to test it.
>

I never said said it wasn't used on farms which produce food I buy. Other
than buying organic when possible, I have no control over the use of
pesticides by someone else. I'm simply saying that *I* will not use such
things, because that would defeat one of the main purposes of having a
garden. And, the explanation of how it works does not negate the fact that
it cannot be properly tested for human consumption.