Re: GMO soy feeds people more herbicide
frits v/d Laan (news-relay.ncren.net!gatech!EU.net!sun4nl!news.ahk.nl!Leiden.NL.net!Utrecht.NL.nfrits v/d Laan)
11 Mar 1997 21:22:21 GMT
>> // hundred fold increase in Roundup residues in Soybeans. The
>> application calls for allowable residues in dry soybeans to rise from
>> 0.1mg/Kg to 20mg/Kg.
>
>Presumably this is because Roundup has never been previously used as a
>herbicide on soybeans so the previous residue level would be extremely
>low. I guess the main point is how does the level of roundup (with a
>naturally VERY low mammalian toxicity) compare to the presubably
>reduced level of other herbicides (many of which are much more toxic
>than roundup)???????
>
Monsanto's words??