Actually, glyphosate is dangerous for plants only. However, the molecule has to find its way across the cell walls of the plant.
So Monsanto added surfactant agents to break into the cells, so that the glyphosate could enter the plant. And those are *really* dangerous.
So for everyone who did not bother to read TFA and posted rants below to the tune of "Oooooh they fed both GM food and herbicide to the rats ! It's not the GM crops that give cancer, it's the Roundup ! French scientists have surrendered their intelligence" and so on...
Here is the key sentence in the article:
Researchers found that NK603 and Roundup both caused similar damage to the rats' health whether they were consumed on their own or together.
Seriously, you are an idiot for thinking something that requires all people, especially those with power, to do the right thing all the time will ever work.
BTW, this also applies to the free-market theory. You know, where that "invisible hand" is supposed to correct abuses and market distortions. Or where anyone is supposed to act as an "economically rational" person.
I know, the recurring answer against this type of argument is "if $POLICY is not working, it's just because we're not using enough of it". Where $POLICY may be any of the following: socialism, capitalism, globalization, violence, corporate welfare, waterboarding, treehugging...
Maybe we shoud ask the whales. Some philanthropists are ready to pay a stiff price for so-called "scientific" whale fishing, the results of which they are happy to have on their plates.
Science is always a good excuse to make despicable things acceptable.
In a time where oil is scarce and budgets are tight, I'd be happy as a citizen if my own country were to make such a sensible choice. Instead of paying billions for outdated, non-stealthy, gas-guzzling Rafales that no other country wants to buy...
According to this article (in french), the Member of the European Parliament in charge of the ratification process of ACTA, Mr Kader Arif, just resigned his position, saying that the whole process is just an anti-democratic farce.
I don't think the music industry realizes that they're facing a war. And not a simple legal war, a real war with real weapons and casualties too. For, indeed:
Many hundreds of years before the GPL was even a twinkle in Richard Stallman's eye, an Irish monk proved to be an unlikely champion of the geeky A2K notion of access to knowledge. [...] and they settled things the way they did in those days, with 3000 people getting killed in the resulting battle.
The full article about Saint ColmCille and his fight for free access to knowledge and Copyleft is available here (PDF).
(and after all, if those lawyers working for the music industry are serious about that copyright shit, why don't they join the army and fight that battle on the front line, huh ? Hand me a banana bomb, there's a cluster of them coming our way...)
The Navy has recently announced that all of its aircraft carriers will soon be equipped with harpoon launchers. Hey, whale oil is renewable fuel too, okay ?
I'm so tired of reading./ers bitching without reading the articles first.
It's about non-users who HAVE NEVER USED THE DAMN THING and yet are being profiled and harrassed by FB. (like "Hey, these guys are on FB, we know they're your friends, why don't you join ? Oh, and we know where you live and what school your kids go to. Just saying.")
Capitalism has won when an impoverished, debt-ridden mass of Western consumers mourns the death of a billionnaire who made his fortune by the sweat of dirt-cheap workers provided by a Communist dictatorship./sarcasm
I hate to remind you all of the dire consequences of the Fukushima disaster, but I know slashdotters have the attention span of goldfish and OOOOOHHH LIGHTSABER HANDRAAAIILLLS ! COOOOOL ! *DROOOLS* *WANTS* *WANTS* *WANTS* well, you see what I mean...
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After he got the seeds, I suppose he was able to grow two crops, one exposed to Roundup, and the other pesticide-free.
Actually, glyphosate is dangerous for plants only. However, the molecule has to find its way across the cell walls of the plant. So Monsanto added surfactant agents to break into the cells, so that the glyphosate could enter the plant. And those are *really* dangerous.
Here is the key sentence in the article:
(emphasis mine)
Yeah, right: real hippies actually grow the organic food they eat. I guess that makes them some kind of food geeks.
(emphasis mine)
So even without spraying Roundup on it, the GM crop increases the occurences of cancers.
BTW, this also applies to the free-market theory. You know, where that "invisible hand" is supposed to correct abuses and market distortions. Or where anyone is supposed to act as an "economically rational" person.
I know, the recurring answer against this type of argument is "if $POLICY is not working, it's just because we're not using enough of it". Where $POLICY may be any of the following: socialism, capitalism, globalization, violence, corporate welfare, waterboarding, treehugging...
As mentionned in another answer to this post, such a car already exists, and it's drawing lots of attention since newly elected President of France, François Hollande, paraded in that "green" car down the Champs Elysees after being sworn in.
There, someone had to say it :-)
North Korea is as "nearby" India as New York is "nearby" Los Angeles. But granted, India's closest neighbours aren't the friendliest guys around.
Couldn't agree more. Especially the last 12 years.
Maybe we shoud ask the whales. Some philanthropists are ready to pay a stiff price for so-called "scientific" whale fishing, the results of which they are happy to have on their plates.
Science is always a good excuse to make despicable things acceptable.
Well, if it's still relevant, why decommission it ?
After all, the Russian Air Force has decided to maintain their own 1950's bombers, Tupolev Tu-95 "Bears", at least till 2040. Because they're fast, cheap to fly, and fuel-efficient.
In a time where oil is scarce and budgets are tight, I'd be happy as a citizen if my own country were to make such a sensible choice. Instead of paying billions for outdated, non-stealthy, gas-guzzling Rafales that no other country wants to buy...
Thanks for posting that, you beat me to it :-)
According to this article (in french), the Member of the European Parliament in charge of the ratification process of ACTA, Mr Kader Arif, just resigned his position, saying that the whole process is just an anti-democratic farce.
The full article about Saint ColmCille and his fight for free access to knowledge and Copyleft is available here (PDF).
(and after all, if those lawyers working for the music industry are serious about that copyright shit, why don't they join the army and fight that battle on the front line, huh ? Hand me a banana bomb, there's a cluster of them coming our way...)
... the real guy behind Darth Vador is still alive and kicking. Oh, and he likes the comparison, too.
Certainly not Universal till it reaches version v42.0 .
So Jobs went Ballmer over Android. Big deal. Do they have an armchair cemetery in Cupertino too ?
The Navy has recently announced that all of its aircraft carriers will soon be equipped with harpoon launchers. Hey, whale oil is renewable fuel too, okay ?
It's about non-users who HAVE NEVER USED THE DAMN THING and yet are being profiled and harrassed by FB. (like "Hey, these guys are on FB, we know they're your friends, why don't you join ? Oh, and we know where you live and what school your kids go to. Just saying.")
Capitalism has won when an impoverished, debt-ridden mass of Western consumers mourns the death of a billionnaire who made his fortune by the sweat of dirt-cheap workers provided by a Communist dictatorship. /sarcasm
Interesting, but Thomas Aquinas' writings did not prevent religious authorities from attempting to set Galileo's pants on fire during the Renaissance.
When obnoxious bigots come to power, they usually don't care about the enlightened writings of their elders.
I hate to remind you all of the dire consequences of the Fukushima disaster, but I know slashdotters have the attention span of goldfish and
OOOOOHHH LIGHTSABER HANDRAAAIILLLS ! COOOOOL ! *DROOOLS* *WANTS* *WANTS* *WANTS*
well, you see what I mean...
Did I just read that Oracle was the Hurd's new employer ? Someone wake up Ninja Stallman. Ang get me more coffee...