On 4/13/13 18:35 : , Tina Manley wrote:
> PESO:
>
> I heard a report on NPR that the Monarch butterfly population decreased 60%
> this year because all of their milkweed is being killed by the stronger
> herbicides now in use for GMO crops.
>
> This is what they looked like in Mexico in 2004:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149661128/original
>
>
Beautiful photo, sad statistic. The more that companies like Monsanto
are allowed to engineer their crops to be resistant only to their own
herbicides, the stronger the herbicides get, and the more they will kill
off all surrounding vegetation and fauna. And without getting too
political, the fact that the government is stacked with former Monsanto
lobbyists, scientists, and attorneys pretty much guarantees that they
can do whatever they want. Who cares if we never see another Mondarch
as long as they can sell corn seeds and RoundUp?
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