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Post by lagatta on Aug 11, 2018 12:55:36 GMT
Yes, that is horrible. Glad he won, though I suspect most will go to the legal firm. And as a father of three, he must feel horrible for having spread that crap around schoolchildren.
Idea, how about making kids weeding gardens (but also planting them; the fun stuff) a school activity? Not to mention that at least some of the weeds are native foliage - though many "weeds" were taken to the New World from the Old.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 11, 2018 13:13:04 GMT
Idea, how about making kids weeding gardens (but also planting them; the fun stuff) a school activity? Child labor laws?  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 14, 2018 2:37:30 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 16, 2018 12:13:55 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 16, 2018 14:50:58 GMT
Not Cheerios! How many parents unwittingly use this as their go-to snack, pacifier, and relatively mess-free travel food for their precious little ones?
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 21, 2018 19:53:47 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Aug 22, 2018 3:49:24 GMT
Yes, but is it producing its own weed-killer?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 24, 2018 2:00:32 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 24, 2018 7:27:59 GMT
Excellent article.
Maybe you could pop this into the farming thread as well?
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2019 2:20:23 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 23, 2019 17:13:36 GMT
A UN report has just come out on falling biodiversity and the effect it might have on world food supplies.
You'd think an article like this would get greater prominence but no. Regret I can't supply the link at present.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 17, 2020 20:47:44 GMT
It appears that the coronavirus has been excellent for the environment. We've all see that air pollution levels disappeared in China during lockdown, but pollution has also diminished all over Europe due to reduced activity.
And the canals of Venice have become pure and clear with no boats or ships circulating in the area.
Maybe this will clue in the authorities on a few changes they could make.
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Post by htmb on Mar 17, 2020 21:22:33 GMT
I’d like to think so, and would certainly hope we learn some lessons all the way around after this pandemic.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 22, 2020 7:04:07 GMT
They have been showing us ducks walking in the streets of Paris, now that the ducks have determined that it is safe to do so. focus.nouvelobs.com/2020/03/18/0/0/593/296/633/306/75/0/be9768c_m62QApcH490Ma4ur8EuqZTeH.pngOn the downside, there have also been images of hungry monkeys invading the towns of Thailand, which had the bad habit of having monkey parks for the tourists, who would feed them for selfies. Without the tourists, they have been attacking and eating each other and are very aggressive with humans, whom they would like to eat as well. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 31, 2020 1:20:15 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 20, 2020 18:52:28 GMT
On the news tonight, they were showing gibbons, orangutans and other apes on various continents living in protected reserves. They are just as vulnerable to Covid-19 as human beings, and it is feared that some of these endangered species could disappear completely in conditions like this. The young orphaned ones look so vulnerable, holding the hands of their carers with complete trust.
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Post by lugg on May 24, 2020 11:35:55 GMT
Yes I had read about that but not seen anything recently. K2.. Did the news you saw say that any/ many had been infected?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 24, 2020 18:38:52 GMT
In the good news department, a baby boom of flamingos has been reported in the Camargue (Rhône delta). Since the area was completely left alone for 3 months during lockdown, flamingos made nests everywhere and have hatched a huge new generation ready to fly to Africa.
The question of course is whether there will be too many flamingos. What if they don't find enough food when they go down to Lake Nakuru in Kenya? There is no playbook for this.
This is not a perfect world.
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Post by questa on Jul 27, 2020 9:26:28 GMT
I have had a close relationship with Roundup and other 'garden' chemicals.
I had a house on a large block, so planted 10 fruit trees and had 4 raised garden beds in which I was able to grow my vegetables.
The rest was grass and weeds so, like my neighbours, I would spray that area about 3-4 times a year with Roundup. Just wore shorts and T shirt and no gloves etc. This was in the early 70s and this was common practice.
Although no-one has definitely proved the cause for Parkinson's, there is a lot of research which points to 'exposure to garden sprays' as being 2nd most likely cause so far. By garden sprays they mean but do not say out loud...Roundup and 2.4.5.T which I also used.
Bit late for recriminations now.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2020 15:16:26 GMT
Maybe late for recriminations, Questa, but never too late to tell about how Roundup and other garden chemicals hurt humans. In 2009 the Environnmental Protection Agency in the US declared glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, safe for humans to use. This article in Scientific American was also published in 2009: www.scientificamerican.com/article/weed-whacking-herbicide-p/ |
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Post by questa on Aug 24, 2020 3:33:37 GMT
I first went to Bali in 1995 and became a member of a small village of farmers. The paddy fields after harvest were ploughed so the rotting stalks went back into the slush. After a couple of months the field was wet and the "Duck Man" arrived. This was a man with a flock of 30 ducks who walked from village to village with his ducks following a bamboo pole topped with a white plastic bag. He had a little tent for himself and his ducks would gather wherever his flag was flying.
By moving the flag around, the ducks would cover the paddy. They ate all the weeds and animal pests and turned the soil over and pooped enough fertiliser so that no chemicals were needed. The duck man sold the eggs each day and some older birds for cooking. After he left, the man with the buffalo and plough gave the mud a turn-over,paddy flooded, rested then the women transplanted the rice seedlings which had been planted earlier.
A big village nearby was chosen by Monsanto to be a model. The men were given T-shirts and back-pack sprayers and light track pants...and drums of various chemicals. The company paid for the men to use a "Japanese Buffalo" ie a motorised plough which turned the soil but didn't fertilise it. Monsanto gave them fertiliser. They got more rice but the men found their backs got sore and the women got skin problems from the knees down, both in contact with chemicals.
Anyway, the village decided to discontinue using the New Way .
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 20, 2021 11:31:13 GMT
Due to climate change and pollution, the albatros no longer mates for life. If there are no offspring after 2 or 3 seasons (reduced fertility), they split up. Usually it is the female who goes looking for someone better. And even when there are offspring, since it is the male who brings all of the food to the nest, the males sometimes get too tired hunting for food and give up. Sad. This is going to happen to human beings, too, who already stopped mating for life a few years ago.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2022 5:00:04 GMT
‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
CDC study finds glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular Roundup brand, present in samples... Monsanto and the company that bought it in 2018, Bayer, have maintained that glyphosate and Roundup products are safe, and that residues in food and in human urine are not a health risk. They are at odds with many researchers and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a unit of the World Health Organization, which classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen in 2015. ... Full article here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/09/weedkiller-glyphosate-cdc-study-urine-samples
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Post by lugg on Jul 12, 2022 20:46:57 GMT
Scary
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 12, 2022 20:55:22 GMT
I thought glyphosate was banned years ago.
But no....https://www.env-health.org/campaigns/glyphosate-why-the-eu-needs-to-protect-health-ban-the-popular-weedkiller/
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 12, 2022 20:55:25 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 20, 2023 21:26:49 GMT
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Post by lugg on Jan 29, 2023 20:40:06 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 30, 2023 18:08:46 GMT
Good for you lugg. Our rivers are in a poor state and need serious attention.
I live right by the River Lea, the famous river that Izaak Walton used to fish. I rarely see anybody fish on it these days.
Feargal Sharkey is regularly on the TV bemoaning the state of our rivers. He is chairman of Amwell Magna Fishery just a mile and a half from here - a beautiful place.
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Post by bjd on Jan 30, 2023 19:00:19 GMT
I saw an article (in the Guardian?) about an English professional windsurfer who has moved to Spain so she can train. She said the water off the English coast was too dirty.
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