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Got an e-mail, asking "Have been exposed to, or think you have been exposed to Roundup?
"Then you may be eligible to join in our lawsuit against the lawless company Monsanto!"
Seems lawyers no longer chase ambulances, now they blast out e-mails hoping to find people scared by the hysterics like Jeffrey Smith.
mitch96
(13,944 posts)Why use unreliable doctors to push their drugs when they can go right to the customer and have THEM ask the doc's to prescribe their drugs...... ugh
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Now I see prescription ads for people with bipolar.
And I just watched a "60 Minutes" segment on how the company that makes oxycontin marketed it to doctors.
What should we do?
Ban *ALL* chemicals?
Life is made out of chemicals!
No, this is like I said, the 21rst century version of the lawyers like the one that pestered the detectives on that show "Barney Miller."
shanny
(6,709 posts)Ban *ALL* chemicals?
Life is made out of chemicals!
is a logical fallacy: Reductio ad Absurdum
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/151/Reductio-ad-Absurdum
world wide wally
(21,760 posts)I was supposed to get $56 from Starkist Tuna from one of these class actions. Or maybe it was Chicken of the Sea.
Archae
(46,373 posts)But the LAWYERS got megabucks.
world wide wally
(21,760 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)So it's not a false premise.
Archae
(46,373 posts)By this "logic," everyone who used Roundup should be dead.
My Mom and I aren't. And we used it.
We did though use the proper precautions, and READ THE FUCKING LABEL.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)When something is toxic, that doesn't mean you drop down dead from using it once. As you know.
Fact: It's banned in other countries. Countries don't usually go around banning products for no reason.
The evidence is out there. I used it once years ago, then did some research on it to confirm it's safe. Whatever I found out convinced me never to use it again.
It stays in the environment, and is not contained in the area in which you use it. It can go into the water table, also.
I have a yard where any animal can nibble on anything at almost any time, and not get harmed.
What makes it worse is that Roundup is unnecessary for weeds. Boiling water, vinegar, and other safe substances do the same thing, w/o harming the environment or animals or people.
BannonsLiver
(16,547 posts)The person youre responding to reminds me of arguments tobacco companies have made on cigarettes.
Wounded Bear
(58,778 posts)who use that shit all the time.
If you sprayed a few dandelions in your lawn, you're not likely to be affected adversely, not that the advertisers would admit that.
"Ambulance chasers" is an apt comparison. I guess the mesothelia scare is winding down.
Is a manager at home improvement store.
When he worked in the garden shop
They knew roundup was dangerous not only to good
Insects, birds and bitterflies but to people,
they didnt put it out for sale.
We have lost up to 50 percent of the worlds insects
What do we eat when poison kills them all?
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)If I wanted to glug down corporate chemicals I would buy them. But I don't. I want beer, plain and simple. Knock the sneaky, corporate chemical invasion shit off. Don't want to read any more corporate beerwashing bullshit anywhere.