FYI - Bt Risk Negligible?

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Jim:

Your point is well taken. However, when enough of a chemical that is intended to kill something is applied in small doses over a period of time, it will eventually cause harm. One only need look at result of twenty five years of mosquito control spraying in the Florida Keys and the loss of the majority of the insects. Even though a bugs life is short, the long term applications of insecticides which were intended to kill adult mosquitoes eventually killed off many populations of insects, the lone exception was the intended target, mosquitoes.

BT and Roundup were designed to kill. Regardless of what the manufactures may claim, long term exposure to a chemical that kills cannot be good. Whether it is to the intended target or not. Read the labels, the warning is very clear. The contents are Poison!

Paul's purpose for defending BT corn pollen, roundup and any number of chemicals is a mystery to many of us. Every time I read a post by Paul, I cannot believe that anyone can be that stupid and believe there is no harm from long term exposure to these chemicals.

Another good example, Ethyl Acetate, supposedly long term exposure to this chemical will cause one to collect moths, lots of them. Trust me, I believe that!

Cheers,

Leroy C. Koehn
Georgetown, KY

 
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