>
> >There may be valuable information at the web site of the "Institute for
> Responsible Technology," but there are also some utterly absurd statements.
> They claim that "GMOs are inherently unsafe." This is simply false.
>
> I concur with Pete.  I spent quite a bit of time following up on the the
glyphosate issue, and as usual, had to sort through the facts (generally
from peer-reviewed publications) and the spin (generally from blogs and
environmental websites).

A blog can lure you in with good reportage of facts, then sneak in spin that
the author extrapolates without substantiation.  For someone without
scientific experience, it is often tough to sort the facts from the myths!

The reality is rarely black or white, and as an environmentalist, I cringe
when environmentalists stretch too far!  it hurts their case.

In the case of glyphosate, Waldemar's question, "This also makes me wonder
if the bees in the big ag areas get pollen with less nutrition" has merit,
and deserves further research.  It ties in with another avenue of research
that I have been pursuing.

Randy Oliver

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