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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:10 PM Original message |
Pesticides are Reducing Crop Yields by ONE-THIRD |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. So what else is new? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. There goes that pesky Law of Unintended Consequences again...... |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder how long the effect lasts after last pesticide application. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gee, to read this, one would think that yields have decreased over the last 40 years. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. but the yield of what? vegetables that are losing nutrients? that have no |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. are you talking feed corn, food corn or ethanol corn??? nt |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is this article stating that crops yields have declined by one-third because of pesticide use? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It would be horrible. But it's untrue. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I know, I know. I was hoping to elicit an honest reponse from the author of this thread. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. You CAN get them to pay for higher yields THIS year |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Um, according the the article in the OP... |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. No, in point of fact the article does not state that yields have declined. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 06:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Nope, your interpretation is dead wrong. It's the impression given in the OP, but wrong. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. For a summary of the enormous increases in yields over the last 40 years |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Let's make this REAL CLEAR about the article quoted in the OP: |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. There's a lot of fraudulent "science" out there. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. If you wannna be*REAL CLEAR* about it then why doncha post a link |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 06:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I pulled it out of our online library -- subscription only. A link would be worthless. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 07:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Here's your link |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks for the link. That wasn't so hard now, was it? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. So, nosmokes, are you standing behind your headline claim? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. The intentional misreading was yours, nosmokes |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Wait a minute... |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I think I know where you're going with your question, but it's more complicated than that. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Wow, that is really dishonest. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Really. Care to provide specifics? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You misunderstand. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh. That's different. Nevermind. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 12:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Thank you for that information. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. After reading the article I think your post is very misleading |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wooohooooo!!!!! I Love These Wacky Non-Scientific Studies Of Yours. Always Good For Such A Laugh! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Actually, nosmokes was mislead by the article from The Organic Center. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. "Works In the Lab, But ..." |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. About The Organic Center |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Gee, I wonder if we'll stop using them now? |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-13-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. For the record, I stand behind the article and I take great umbrage at |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. So the facts don't penetrate, nosmokes. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The Freaking WORLD BANK endorses Organic Farming. They are hardly wack-jobs. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-14-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Robcon (and how fitting it is that con is part of your handle) since it's |
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