Tim Knowles
2 min readJun 20, 2019

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Yes, that does make it clearer.

I am not sure that I would follow your advice as I don’t think the risk vs. cost favor your recommendations.

I see no need to avoid breakfast cereals even ones that are known to have be made from grains from fields were the herbicide was used.

Buying food from farmers and farmers markets does nothing to reduce your expose. Those farmers certainly use chemical pesticides and herbicides (many are worse than glyphosate) unless they are declared “Organic.”

Yes, don’t touch it or breath it. I use Roundup in my ornamental gardens driveway and sidewalks to control weeds (as many 5 times a year) but I am careful not to be exposed and follow the directions and warnings. I don’t use either chemical herbicides (weed by hand) or harsh pesticides on my vegetable gardens, only soapy water spray.

The cost (not just price but variety and effort)of choosing foods you know don’t contain glyphosate is huge, almost anything could contain some. Maybe avoid food likely to contain high levels.

based on the evidence, it’s likely(though not guaranteed) that ongoing, systematic exposure will result in deleterious health effects.

This is still too vague, what evidence, what do you consider likely 1 in 10,000 or 50 out of 100. What do you consider ongoing systematic exposure, is my use on my gardens and sidewalks systematic exposure and what do you consider deleterious health effects, occasional headache or cancer.

Do you follow your own advice or are you eating foods that have some glyphosate or other pesticides and herbicides.

Demeter, why did you throw that in there, is it a movement? Nothing relevant showed up in the first page of a search except a Greek Goddess of Agriculture.

TEK

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Tim Knowles
Tim Knowles

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