whippersnappyr wrote: all that being said regulatory bodies around the world say it’s safe at the trace levels found in food. Everyone freaked about the honey but missed the point that a child would need to eat hundreds of kgs per day of the honey to have any chance of a toxic effect. It’s more a bad look from an export marketing perspective than anything else. If we were forced to farm the way we used to we’d all starve to death. Productivity gains from things like glyphosphate have been huge. |
taurangatroutmaster wrote: All the regulatory bodies around the world say it's safe, hahahahaha like that means anything. Have a look at the stuff the FDA is saying is safe. |
Mr Moritz wrote: Far more serious is the problem in the South Island, where nitrates from pasture top dressing, have got into the water table. This is causing the problem of cases of bowel cancer, caused by the intake of nitrates. Just as well Speights is brewed in the North Island. |
taurangatroutmaster wrote: All the regulatory bodies around the world say it's safe, hahahahaha like that means anything. Have a look at the stuff the FDA is saying is safe. |
Alan L wrote:
You know, this issue is FAR from new. Sth Canterbury had elevated nitrate levels 50 yrs ago. Some of it is native. Then the cropping on top of that native level made it problematic. I can remember reading papers citing nitrate levels beyond 10ppm decades ago. Dairy gets a lot of the blame now - but there are highish native levels in several places. Part of the nitrogen cycle. Alan |
taurangatroutmaster wrote: Lots of things, pretty much every known toxin that is in products people use the FDA claim as safe |
cirrus wrote: 80% of nitrates in diet come from veges. Lettuce and spinich are especially high in nitrates. |
whippersnappyr wrote:
What is the FDA saying is safe that you think isn't? |
cirrus wrote: What was used before weed killers were invented.? |
cirrus wrote: So then what is a weed. To every one a weed may be different I quite like weeds,or some of them. I once had a small ,well maintained patch of nettle. Did not allow it to seed or spread. Thats regarded as a weed. |
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