[APWG] Heavy use of herbicide Roundup linked tohealth dangers: study

[Gena Fleming]

Thank you, Lauren.  Thus far,  I have briefly scanned over some of the
abstracts from a literature search of this author.  This is very helpful
research.    - Gena


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Lauren Smith <smith659 at indiana.edu> wrote:

> In addition to the sources that Gena sent, you might all be interested in
> Rick Relyea's work on non-target effects of Roundup on amphibians.
> http://www.pitt.edu/~relyea/Site/Welcome.html  The Roundup tab has
> information about one particular study, but he has other interesting work
> in his publication list on how sublethal levels of herbicides can alter
> interactions amongst predators and prey or competitors.
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Gena Fleming <genafleming at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Well, this is quite a conundrum, isn't it?  I guess we'll never know for
>> sure, but it's an interesting puzzle.   The following may or may not be
>> deemed relevant to the discussion.
>>
>> This correspondence by Michael Surgan is a good (and brief) discussion of
>> the problems posed by the presence of "inert" ingredients in pesticide
>> formulations:
>>
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281320/#b1-ehp0113-a0657c
>>
>> In his reference section, he cites but does not provide a link to the New
>> York lawsuit filed against Monsanto, so I will provide it here:
>> http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/fraud.pdf
>>
>> Note that a similar lawsuit against Monsanto's false claim of Roundup
>> being nontoxic and biodegradable was also successfully pursued in France.
>>
>> The article Surgan references by Richard et al. that explores the
>> toxicity of some of the adjuvants in Roundup formulations is a worthwhile
>> read; the abstract doesn't take too much time:
>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257596/
>>
>> Surgan's link to the EPA Reregistration Eligibility Document on
>> Glyphosate doesn't work.  Here's an EPA fact sheet for that document:
>> http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/0178fact.pdf<http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/REDs/factsheets/0178fact.pdf>
>> ... with the relevant excerpt being (and bold emphasis is mine):
>> *
>> *
>>
>> *Due to the presence of a toxic inert ingredient, some glyphosate
>> end-use products must be labeled, "Toxic to fish," if they may be applied
>> directly to aquatic environments.*
>> * *
>>
>> *
>> *The fact that the EPA feels comfortable using terms such as "toxic
>> inert ingredient" is enough to keep my head in a spin.
>>
>> best regards,
>>
>> Gena Fleming**
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Wayne Tyson <landrest at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>> A *possibility,* sure, but not a *probability. *Certainly the "soils"
>>> were disturbed; they were cut slopes, creating ideal conditions for
>>> colonization by weedy plants. Yes, the "invasives" could have altered soil
>>> properties (one of the ways is soil-building), and in fact, it could have
>>> been the dead invasives that harbored the residues that killed the emerging
>>> native seedlings.
>>>
>>> Conjecture can be useful, but  useless in the absence of a stated
>>> theoretical foundation or actual evidence. What is needed is good science
>>> that can confirm or reject the conjectures.
>>>
>>> WT
>>>
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> Lauren Smith
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> Reynolds Lab
> Department of Biology, Indiana University
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