Roundup to be banned in the UK, ?

[SteveA]

Dutch have banned Roundup for sale to the general public, yet still allowed to be used by farmers on crops, (weird). See article here:

 

Dutch Parliament Bans Monsanto’s RoundUp Effective in 2015

 

Roundup to be banned in UK, ?....

[TIMON]

Think it would be nice if Monsanto were banned outright...everywhere!

:)

[spikeymikey]

I wouldn't say its weird that it has not been banned for farmers! not sure what I would do without roundup! grow some more blackgrass I expect. Glyphosate must be the most widely used ag chem, I would like to know exactly how much is used every year in the uk, it would be a lot!

[SteveA]

I wouldn't say its weird that it has not been banned for farmers! not sure what I would do without roundup! grow some more blackgrass I expect. Glyphosate must be the most widely used ag chem, I would like to know exactly how much is used every year in the uk, it would be a lot!

 

if not weird then certainly ironic.... ie, they want to protect the public from Roundup yet it's okay for farmers to spray crops with Roundup and have the public eat the stuff.

 

Weird and ironic!

[Peasgood]

It is quite possible that without Roundup there wouldn't be enough food to eat.

Which is worse?

[treequip]

if not weird then certainly ironic.... ie, they want to protect the public from Roundup yet it's okay for farmers to spray crops with Roundup and have the public eat the stuff.

 

Weird and ironic!

 

Ehhh

 

You cant eat anything that's been sprayed with roundup

[SteveA]

It is quite possible that without Roundup there wouldn't be enough food to eat.

Which is worse?

 

It's also quite possible to grow enough food and quite possibly more than enough food without Roundup. Just not with current monoculture farm systems.

[Peasgood]

Ehhh

 

You cant eat anything that's been sprayed with roundup

You can.

[SteveA]

Ehhh

 

You cant eat anything that's been sprayed with roundup

 

You already are....

 

http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/27/monsantos-roundup-found-in-75-of-air-and-rain-samples/

Edited September 29, 2014 by SteveA

[Peasgood]

It's also quite possible to grow enough food and quite possibly more than enough food without Roundup. Just not with current monoculture farm systems.

And not at current prices either.

I am able to grow food, lots of it, without any chemicals. I would need to charge about 3 times as much as I do now though.

I expect this goes for most farmers.

The food industry in this country is based entirely on low cost food and still there are people saying they can't afford food.