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Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:43:02 -0700
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> The widespread use of glyphosate is causing negative impacts on
> soil and plants as well as possibly animal and human health. These
> are key findings of Don Huber emeritus professor of plant pathology

Here are some responses to Prof. Huber's findings from Monsanto,
another academic and a government regulator:
http://tinyurl.com/377gb7t

Excerpts:

"Trish Jordan, a spokesperson for Monsanto Canada, says Huber's
work is often discredited by other academics because it is not indicative
of what would happen in a real world situation. It's an academic
situation, she says, adding a lot of the research was done on fields
predisposed to creating these sorts of issues. "That's not what
growers do," she says.

"Dale Cowan, a senior agronomist with Southern Co-operative
Services, is skeptical of Huber's claims. Yields in corn and soybeans
remain phenomenal, he points out."

"Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
soybean specialist, notes that other North American researchers
have not been able to reproduce Huber'study results.
To make the general statement that manganese is causing us big,
big problems is absolutely incorrect, Bohner says."

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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