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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by scaryspooky on Monday November 07, 2016 @12:58PM (#12893194)
Roundup is a Monsanto product and the hate is probably directed at Monsanto, not specifically about the amount of .*cides used.
Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by mc32 on Monday November 07, 2016 @01:22PM (#12893441)
I believe this is the case and sadly it stems from a case where a Canadian farmer[1] got positive PR by playing the relative David to the Monsanto Goliath (to the detriment of Monsanto and by extension GMOS). IIRC, the farmer was in the wrong [by court decision --not wanting to pay IP fees] but people only recall the an overbearing corporation suing a farmer, whereas the farmer was trying to use GMO seeds without having to pay Monsanto their licensing fees.

[1]http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/18/163034053/top...

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by ptaipale on Monday November 07, 2016 @06:17PM (#12896163)
Roundup is a Monsanto trademark, but the patent has expired decades ago, the product itself is manufactured by multiple companies all over the globe, and I wonder if Monsanto has even two-digits percentage of the market share.