People seem to care when I tell them that our countries agricultural practices are dangerous, and the food that is being produced is poisoned. But when it comes down to it, most people just continue to eat the way they have eaten for years. Most people, I believe, think I am just being crazy. How could this be, we have so many laws and the government is supposed to protect us, right?
I drive into the country to pick up milk from a farm, and this spring I have actually watched the farmers spraying glyphosate on the land. How do I know, because a week later everything is DEAD. This is just the beginning for the season of GMO (Round-Up ready crops). Now, in some fields I see the little corn plants all growing in straight little lines, with no competition from weeds, because of the glyphosate.
But soon, there will be competition, because weeds are becoming tolerant to the chemical (known as super-weeds). The farmers are going to have to spray the little plants several times to keep them at bay. The chemical will soak into the plant, several times What doesn't soak into the plant will soak into the ground and seep into the groundwater, and the rest will just wash away into the sewers and rivers when it rains, and ending up where our tap water is processed. It is true that this chemical is not removed in the water when it is treated, and if we don't have water filters that specifically remove this poison it will get into our bodies.
