Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides: study

Re:Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in tox... by jyounker on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:31AM (#20668099)

I don’t trust the research that was done on roundup. Supposedly it degrades within six months.

The reality is that it doesn’t. We know this because the city of Davis, CA does public composting. Yard trimmings are scooped up, taken to the city compost yard, and over a year or som it becomes compost. Residents can pick up a quantity of free compost every year.

Around ‘97-‘98 the city compost started killing many kinds of plants.

The cause turned out to be glyphosphate. Despite Monsanto’s research, the reality was that glyphosate persists far longer than six months.

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Re:Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in tox... by refurb on Sunday August 11, 2019 @10:25AM (#20668293)

Hmmm.... wouldn’t farmers have figured this one out pretty quickly? Spray their fields then plant a month after? Sure, some of them use around-Up resistant seeds, but not all.

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Re:Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in tox... by jws on Sunday August 11, 2019 @11:54AM (#20668681)

The recommendation when using glyphosate to kill existing plants before reseeding is to wait a week after application before reseeding. I’ve done this seeding grasses, grains, and root vegetables. It works just fine.

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Re:Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in tox... by selimthegrim on Sunday August 11, 2019 @10:50AM (#20668410)

Wasn’t there a city worker suing Monsanto over this?

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