"Roundup Ready"

[jh]

And let us not forget that glyphosate contains trace amounts of
polygrypholite binding particles which break down into trimogriphying
formucules.  While in isolation this should not be a problem, when mixed
with the sterabilating trabulaculytes it could fimulate the noonahs big
time!

How will this affect the Monarchs?  Who knows.

Sorry.

John

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]On
Behalf Of neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:46 AM
To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: "Roundup Ready"


Mike Griggs wrote:

> Doug while much of your discussion is good I must disagree with your
> assertion that "Glyphosate  is a probable carcinogen"
> read the following lifted from EXTOXNET.
>
> On all fronts it appears pretty safe--check out how toxic table salt is
> sometime!
>
> Mike

You are missing something. Roundup is not purely Glyphosate.
You cannot therefore extrapolate data from pure glyphosate and apply it to
the who product. THere are other constituents too.
I would agree that you are probably right, but you have failed to establish
this.

There are other problems.
Glyphosate _MUST_ have some effect on the soil it is sprayed on.
No question. Chemically it is N-phosphonomethylglycine.
It blocks the action of a plant enzyme called  5-enolpyruvyl-3
shikimatephosphate synthase. This is an important  enzyme in the pathway
for the synthesis of  aromatic amino acids. It doesn't occur in animals so
there isn't a problem.
It does occur in soil microorganisms so some of these must be affected.
What exactly these effects are is difficult to work out, but they must be
there.

--
Neil Jones- Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk http://www.butterflyguy.com/
"At some point I had to stand up and be counted. Who speaks for the
butterflies?" Andrew Lees - The quotation on his memorial at Crymlyn Bog
National Nature Reserve


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