Leifer
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Gov’t Study: 75% of AIR and Rain Samples Tested Positive for Monsanto’s Roundup (link)
I'm suspicious of this claim. Is it factually based ? Is it specific enough to warrant headlines.....let's see.....
There are many sites using this claim to post articles. Has any of these site's authors had the study in-hand ?.....or are they delving in conjecture based on a simple "abstract" of the study ?
The study (only the abstract is available):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21128261
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2909#.UzjwfIWGi8A
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I gave this thread link to the study's author, Paul Capel.
....and I requested a copy of the study.
I'm suspicious of this claim. Is it factually based ? Is it specific enough to warrant headlines.....let's see.....
There are many sites using this claim to post articles. Has any of these site's authors had the study in-hand ?.....or are they delving in conjecture based on a simple "abstract" of the study ?
Please read the above link/article.....I won't copy-and-paste the whole article.
Last week the anti-biotech websites exploded with the news: “Roundup Weedkiller Found in 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds” and more scary-sounding titles like that.
My first response was to get a copy of the paper right away so I could read all about it and see the data. That would be pretty remarkable. But I could not access the paper at Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. So how did all of these websites above and their scholarly journalists get the manuscript?
I contacted one of the original paper’s authors, Dr. Paul Capel, and asked for a copy and got one. Apparently I was the first. Seems like those coming to the conclusions of the websites above were acting true to form– skimming an abstract and drawing a conclusion that best fits their desires.
http://www.biofortified.org/2014/03/roundup-in-75-of-air-what-the-report-actually-says/
The study (only the abstract is available):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21128261
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2909#.UzjwfIWGi8A
(more editing and info very soon)
I gave this thread link to the study's author, Paul Capel.
....and I requested a copy of the study.
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