tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post122466005694834798..comments2024-03-15T02:07:16.407-07:00Comments on Mike's Bogota Blog: Santos: Worst President Ever?Miguelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-88276278100789444992017-05-18T21:03:37.583-07:002017-05-18T21:03:37.583-07:00Hi Ricky,
Thanks for your comment.
On the one ...Hi Ricky, <br /><br />Thanks for your comment. <br /><br />On the one hand, the health dangers of glyphosate are not clear. The WHO study on which the government said it based its decision was quite equivocal. It called the herbicide a 'possible' cause of cancer. And other studies, such as in Europe, have not found health dangers. <br /><br />It is clear, tho, that spraying aerial herbicide kills food crops and has lots of psychological impact, as a minimum.<br /><br />But, whatever glyphosate's real dangers, a lot of folks here suspect that the government's real motive for banning aerial spraying was to toss a bone to the FARC guerrillas. <br /><br />And no, I don't have Monsanto stock, as far as I know. But I also don't consider the company 'the Death Star.'<br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-61568830646768478712017-05-18T09:12:11.074-07:002017-05-18T09:12:11.074-07:00When talking about aerial herbicide spraying, you ...When talking about aerial herbicide spraying, you said, "That decision, based on supposed health concerns, was certainly questionable." - you don't have shares in Monsanto, by any chance, do you?<br />There's a lot to talk about in those few words:<br />- "based on 'supposed' health concerns" - are you saying that any health concerns aren't valid? Are you saying that the aerial spraying of herbicide/poison isn't a public health concern? - let alone detrimental to native flora and fauna?<br />- "That decision (to stop aerial spraying)...was certainly questionable." - are you saying aerial spraying is effective and should never have been stopped?<br />I hope you can clarify those points for me - or maybe I'm just barking up the wrong (poisoned) tree.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458276536155163933noreply@blogger.com