Gene Altered Fish -WSJ

[delcecchi]

So, did these articles cite any studies that have actually found glycophosphate in streams or groundwater? Given the amount of the stuff used around minnesota, it should be there if it can be there. The MPCA should be all over that with their HPLC machines.

I am sceptical. So I looked up the issue in question

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%235023%232009%23999689996%231482152%23FLA%23&_cdi=5023&_pubType=J&_auth=y&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=8a7a2099965bccfbc10c9c772c9c1121

Haven't read all the abstracts yet but it looks like they can't tell whether it is glycophosphate or minimum tillage systems that make the difference in some issues.

Read the abstracts for yourselves.

[PurpleFloyd]

So, did these articles cite any studies that have actually found glycophosphate in streams or groundwater? Given the amount of the stuff used around minnesota, it should be there if it can be there. The MPCA should be all over that with their HPLC machines.

I am sceptical. So I looked up the issue in question

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%235023%232009%23999689996%231482152%23FLA%23&_cdi=5023&_pubType=J&_auth=y&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=8a7a2099965bccfbc10c9c772c9c1121

Haven't read all the abstracts yet but it looks like they can't tell whether it is glycophosphate or minimum tillage systems that make the difference in some issues.

Read the abstracts for yourselves.

I am really not as concerned in my particular area with the contamination issue yet. We have some pretty good buffer zones that are built into the drainage systems that I feel are going to filter everything pretty well. I am probably more concerned about less developed countries and what problems they could face because they do not have the same systems of checks and balances and also they may not have the same natural barriers that we have around here.