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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Probably what the contractor had in the tank before s/he sprayed your plots with glyphosate?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> APWG [mailto:apwg-bounces@lists.plantconservation.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wayne Tyson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 4 May 2013 10:11 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> apwg@lists.plantconservation.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [APWG] Heavy use of herbicide Roundup linked to health dangers: study<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I had a case about fifteen years ago where a contractor sprayed a part of the (ecosystem restoration) project that was particularly weedy with a glyphosate compound
against my expressed orders to spray nothing. The idea was to germinate the seeds, then kill the plants before they set seed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The weeds were killed, and after the period specified by the manufacturer had passed, the area was seeded with indigenous species. The indigenous species germinated
everywhere but where the contractor had sprayed, but we got only more weeds in that area.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The manufacturer's representative went into denial; I got no help from them except to repeat the claim that the herbicide "biodegraded" into harmless components.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Can anyone shed light on this?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#E4E4E4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:Dominic.Maze@portlandoregon.gov" title="Dominic.Maze@portlandoregon.gov">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:genafleming@gmail.com" title="genafleming@gmail.com">Gena Fleming</a> ;
<a href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org" title="apwg@lists.plantconservation.org">
apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</a> ; <a href="mailto:rferriel@blm.org" title="rferriel@blm.org">
rferriel@blm.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:07 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Re: [APWG] Heavy use of herbicide Roundup linked to health
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Some excellent points, Gena,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> I’ll try, with limited time, to address a bit of your thoughtful comments:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> GF: “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">I see this idea implied a lot, that limiting the variable should
somehow limit the effects. I'm not aware of any actual support of that in reality. Glyphosate or any other single chemical compound may not be complex, but when they interact with biological systems, the effects can become quite diversified and complex.
This is a function of the complexity of biological systems, not the complexity of the chemical compound.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">I am unsure of how you received this “implied” from what I wrote (then again, I’m not the best at expressing my thoughts); but I’ll bite and attempt to defend a point
I wasn’t really making. I think what I (and some others) have tried to point out that glyphosate HAS been studied; seemingly to death. These previous studies; direct, toxicological studies (in marked contrast to this admittedly indirect study); have examined
the effects of glyphosate at many concentrations and dosages (“the dose makes the poison”). I strongly disagree with your second sentence in the above paragraph and whole-heartedly agree with the third. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> GF:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> That being said, glyphosate is used in formulations, not in isolation. There
is a lack of data for the formulations, because manufacturers are not required to disclose "inactive ingredients". It is, however, well recognized that adjuvants can and do increase the toxicity and persistence of pesticide formulations, and this is the reason
that they are there in the first place. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> I again agree, but the paper we’re discussing is citing research examining the effects of not Roundup, or Aquamaster, or product X, but the chemical
glyphosate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> GF: “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">It is interesting to note that the article appeared in a special edition of
Entropy called "Biosemiotic Entropy: Disorder, Disease and Mortality". Biosemiosis introduces a significant paradigm shift in our perception of biologic function. This perspective may not embraced by all, but I consider it a noble attempt to address the
complexity of biological systems. In any event, I believe the article deserves more thoughtful consideration than that offered by Tamar Haspel in the Huffington Post.</span><span lang="EN-US">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> Fair points for the most part; however, I’m not sure how much consideration the article
<i>does</i> deserve. As organic chemist Derek Lowe has stated so much better than I:
</span><span lang="EN-US">Their thesis is that the compound is an inhibitor of the metabolizing CYP enzymes, of the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids by gut bacteria, and of sulfate transport. But the evidence given for these assertions, and their connection
with disease, while it might look alarming and convincing to someone who has never done research or read a scientific paper, is a spiderweb of "might", "could", "is possibly", "associated with", and so on. The minute you look at the actual evidence, things
disappear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/04/30/is_glyphosate_poisoning_everyone.php">http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2013/04/30/is_glyphosate_poisoning_everyone.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">He then, after providing more critiques, goes on to disparage the actual journal the article appears in and others have
taken issue with the authors, themselves; not really adding to the discussion, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">I shouldn’t have to say it but I personally dislike the rampant use of herbicides in our society. I employ them, reluctantly, as part of my job duties
and I’ve seen some others resorting to them as a first resort, instead of last, in contradiction of most accepted IPM practices. There are plenty of reasons to limit the use of herbicides in society: weed resistance, non-target effects, the resources required
in manufacture/transport, animal testing,<i> actual</i> toxic effects of some formulations, etc. But this poorly written and conceived “study” smacks of fear-mongering with an agenda. The blowback from those established authors in the fields of organic chemistry
and toxicology has begun, and surely won’t assist those looking for an overall decrease in the use of herbicides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maze, Dominic; <a href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org">apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</a>;
<a href="mailto:rferriel@blm.org">rferriel@blm.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [APWG] Heavy use of herbicide Roundup linked to health dangers: study</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">This is a interesting article and I appreciate learning about it here on APWG. I was confused by the comments at first, thinking it was posted on an environmental health listserve
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:navy">The fact that this paper identifies a whole range of medical issues linked to (presumably) one active ingredient
makes me suspicious; it would seem to be much more realistic that a study on the potential ill-effects of an already rigorously studied, very well-known and contentious chemical and product, would turn up perhaps a single significant linkage between ill-health
and glyphosate.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I see this idea implied a lot, that limiting the variable should somehow limit the effects. I'm not aware of any actual support of that in reality. Glyphosate or any other single chemical compound may not be complex, but when they
interact with biological systems, the effects can become quite diversified and complex. This is a function of the complexity of biological systems, not the complexity of the chemical compound.</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">That being said, glyphosate is used in formulations, not in isolation. There is a lack of data for the formulations, because manufacturers are not required to disclose "inactive
ingredients". It is, however, well recognized that adjuvants can and do increase the toxicity and persistence of pesticide formulations, and this is the reason that they are there in the first place. This, along with other factors, contributes to a contextual
bias that makes it difficult to assess the full toxicity of pesticide formulations.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:navy">DM: A colleague sent this link to a Huffington Post article (not exactly known for being journalistic shills for big business) which makes a nice rebuttal:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:navy">I guess the real question is how does such a poorly executed study and paper get published in a well-respected,
even if not impactful, journal?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">GF: Marc, I'm not sure what it is about Tamar Haspel's opinion piece that you consider to be a nice rebuttal. She explains that she googles "exogenous semiotic entropy", retrieves
that exact sequence of words only in this article, and concludes the authors made the whole thing up. (???)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">I agree with you that there is no reason to suspect the writer is a shill for big business, just a person with an opinion, which she is entitled to. However, I do not find her analysis
of this article to be particularly insightful.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Here is a link to the referenced article in Entropy:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> <a href="http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416" target="_blank">http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">It is interesting to note that the article appeared in a special edition of Entropy called "Biosemiotic Entropy: Disorder, Disease and Mortality". Biosemiosis introduces a significant
paradigm shift in our perception of biologic function. This perspective may not embraced by all, but I consider it a noble attempt to address the complexity of biological systems. In any event, I believe the article deserves more thoughtful consideration
than that offered by Tamar Haspel in the Huffington Post.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Gena Fleming<br>
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