Time to make Joel Salatin and people like you the head of farming. We need re-education (the good kind) and financial help to get back to the original ways of regenerative ag.
Luckily, I have my organic milk delivered and it’s the closest to can get to raw here in the almost communist state of NJ because of course raw milk is banned. I could get it in PA. but that requires a couple hours drive and let’s face it that’s not gonna happen. The issue that is scaring me here is this stuff winds up in the water and even a grass fed organic farm could in theory use public water sources that might be poisoned with this stuff. It might not be highly likely but anything is possible. The U.S. needs to ban it outright. Europe does a much better job than the U.S. keeping stuff that is poison out of their food supply. Many U.S. companies have different ingredients for food that gets shipped to Europe because it banned there. It’s crazy to even think about it. What it all comes down to though is money. Lobbyists pour money into super PACs that fund our Congress people and they pay off those who keep it legal. We al know about the round robin from govt employee to company after you were in govt. This needs to get banned.
Just a thought. If europe can ban these chemicals and still feed themselves why can't we....or is europe depending on our larger production to make up the,difference and thus,still poisoning themselves with our produce?
I don't know how anyone gets through life, living under constant attack through every possible means, without a strong foundation in faith. It has become, literally, the only way to survive.
Theodore Roosevelt famously and repeatedly emphasized that a corporation's behavior was the only metric that mattered. He stated: "Our objection to any given corporation must be, not that it is big, but that it behaves badly." When a corporation behaves badly and contrary to the public interest we have only two choices - punish the shareholders, who likely knew little or nothing about the malfeasance or punish the corporate officers who profited lavishly from it. I favor the latter. We really need to tighten up our laws on such abhorrent behavior.
Doc M stated the Facts here, without bias. Thank you.
The EPA is scary. "UNREASONABLE adverse effect on human health" !
*EPA link, Atrazine -
1st paragraph! "Pesticide products containing atrazine are registered for use on several agricultural crops, with the highest use on field corn, sweet corn, sorghum, and sugarcane. Additionally, atrazine products are registered for use on wheat, macadamia nuts, and guava, as well as non-agricultural uses such as nursery/ornamental and turf."
2nd paragraph! "The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to review each registered pesticide at least every 15 years to ensure that each pesticide can carry out its intended function(s) without creating unreasonable adverse effect to human health..."
The not so funny thing is, I'll bet most folks haven't heard the word Atrazine or know how it is used or what the risk is. Farmers, yes; regular folk, no. A counter top reverse osmosis isn't so expensive compared to paying for drugs to combat the effects of the multiple poisons in the water. I won't drink water in restaurants and ice is just as bad. That goes for airplanes too. Europe has its problems, but for whatever reason it is light years ahead of the U.S. in environmental regulation.
Are there no other viable options in the world today than glyphosate and atrazine? If not can something else not be created that is safer? What does Europe currently use?
A draft version - not ready for prime time was accidentally emailed out.
Embarrassment! I apologize!
The version on the website has been corrected, but I can't undo what was sent out. Bleh.
Time to make Joel Salatin and people like you the head of farming. We need re-education (the good kind) and financial help to get back to the original ways of regenerative ag.
Luckily, I have my organic milk delivered and it’s the closest to can get to raw here in the almost communist state of NJ because of course raw milk is banned. I could get it in PA. but that requires a couple hours drive and let’s face it that’s not gonna happen. The issue that is scaring me here is this stuff winds up in the water and even a grass fed organic farm could in theory use public water sources that might be poisoned with this stuff. It might not be highly likely but anything is possible. The U.S. needs to ban it outright. Europe does a much better job than the U.S. keeping stuff that is poison out of their food supply. Many U.S. companies have different ingredients for food that gets shipped to Europe because it banned there. It’s crazy to even think about it. What it all comes down to though is money. Lobbyists pour money into super PACs that fund our Congress people and they pay off those who keep it legal. We al know about the round robin from govt employee to company after you were in govt. This needs to get banned.
Just a thought. If europe can ban these chemicals and still feed themselves why can't we....or is europe depending on our larger production to make up the,difference and thus,still poisoning themselves with our produce?
Such troublesome questions.......
I don't know how anyone gets through life, living under constant attack through every possible means, without a strong foundation in faith. It has become, literally, the only way to survive.
Well said, Karen.
If an Earth reptile creator would have wanted us to have omisexed 3 legged frogs in the world....
It would have done just that!
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!
Man is the most invasive non-native creature on this planet.
Good Morning Dr. Malone
Hope you are feeling better and life returns to somewhat normal. ^..^
Theodore Roosevelt famously and repeatedly emphasized that a corporation's behavior was the only metric that mattered. He stated: "Our objection to any given corporation must be, not that it is big, but that it behaves badly." When a corporation behaves badly and contrary to the public interest we have only two choices - punish the shareholders, who likely knew little or nothing about the malfeasance or punish the corporate officers who profited lavishly from it. I favor the latter. We really need to tighten up our laws on such abhorrent behavior.
Doc M stated the Facts here, without bias. Thank you.
The EPA is scary. "UNREASONABLE adverse effect on human health" !
*EPA link, Atrazine -
1st paragraph! "Pesticide products containing atrazine are registered for use on several agricultural crops, with the highest use on field corn, sweet corn, sorghum, and sugarcane. Additionally, atrazine products are registered for use on wheat, macadamia nuts, and guava, as well as non-agricultural uses such as nursery/ornamental and turf."
2nd paragraph! "The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to review each registered pesticide at least every 15 years to ensure that each pesticide can carry out its intended function(s) without creating unreasonable adverse effect to human health..."
https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/atrazine#registration
*Link - I liked also, this Nov 2025 article, detailing some of the medical issues it may do to us-
I'm finding those listed, UNREASONABLE. Geez!
https://usrtk.org/pesticides/atrazine/
The not so funny thing is, I'll bet most folks haven't heard the word Atrazine or know how it is used or what the risk is. Farmers, yes; regular folk, no. A counter top reverse osmosis isn't so expensive compared to paying for drugs to combat the effects of the multiple poisons in the water. I won't drink water in restaurants and ice is just as bad. That goes for airplanes too. Europe has its problems, but for whatever reason it is light years ahead of the U.S. in environmental regulation.
Are there no other viable options in the world today than glyphosate and atrazine? If not can something else not be created that is safer? What does Europe currently use?
Interesting topic but feels AI written and I just can't read anymore in that "voice"