Weedkiller in the food chain? No thanks!

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Weedkiller in the food chain? No thanks! by LoopZilla

Hormone based weedkiller has entered the food chain, and has appeared in farmyard manure in the UK.

RHS advice state that aminopyralid has passed in horse manure, and it affecting crops suchs as tomatoes, potatoes and beans

The Guardian has carried the

Here is a quote from The Guardian "Gardeners across Britain are reaping a bitter harvest of rotten potatoes, withered salads and deformed tomatoes after an industrial herbicide tainted their soil. Caroline Davies reports on how the food chain became contaminated and talks to the angry allotment owners whose plots have been destroyed"

Tomatoes can been seen to curl in a distinctive way...

This is another example of the artificial control of food production. Was hormone OK? No. Is genetic modification of crops OK? No!

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Title: Weedkiller in the food chain? No thanks!
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Created: Thu, 07/24/2008 - 12:32am
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