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RE: GMO corn that enables no-till planting.

in #discussion6 years ago

Glyphosate - an ingredient in the weed killer Roundup.


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However, the World Health Organization recently announced that glyphosate is a probable carcinogen, so we still need to be cautious [11] (for more information, the EPA also has a list of other pesticides and their carcinogen status). Although studies have shown conflicting conclusions about the link between glyphosate and cancer in humans, glyphosate has been linked to cancer in rats and mice and experiments in human cells have shown that exposure to glyphosate can cause DNA damage [9].

Which we are now pumping at a increasing rate into our rivers and seas. Yet there are other ways to combat erosion.

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Which we are now pumping at a increasing rate into our rivers and seas
no till stops that. It keeps the chemical on the land were it needs to be...killing weeds.

Yet there are other ways to combat erosion

for example? name a few.

by the way...do you REALLY believe anything the World Health Organization says?

Thanks for the post Mr @everittdmickey.

Enjoyed the conversation even more! :)

I'm much younger than you. Maybe I will change my mind some day.

Chat again tomorrow.

you're welcome.
sad to say..MOST people on Steemit are much younger than me.
Steemit is (supposed to be) a social media.
chatting is what it's all about.

Found this trending on the health tag and just wanted to drop it here for future research.

Let me know what you think if you have time to read it.

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