Herbicide and Insecticide Use on GMO Crops Skyrocketing While Pro-GMO Media Run Interference By David Bronner This Hangout/Interview is also available as a downloadable MP3 file for portable devices: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3almFn7z_RmdHpRSElhSGVmSTg/view?usp=sharing Former EPA Senior Scientist's New Article Sets Record Straight http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bronner/herbicide-insecticide-use_b_5791304.html Time Code List 1:10 Mainstream media fails to report correctly the herbicide tolerant trait 1:44 Glyphosate being applied on our fields is through the roof way higher than anything that has been tested 2:09 We were suppose to not have to use 2, 4-D with GMO crops... 2:35 Media continues to report this chemical treadmill is a success 2:55 Why are we in a race to use more chemicals? GMO Technology=drought tolerance/less nitrogen fertilizer/less pesticides inputs 3:56 Facts on the US ground - 85% of GMO crops are engineered for herbicide tolerance and the balance is engineered for to produce an insecticidal protein BT in every single cell in every single plant 4:38 This is about the chemical industry has bought the seed industry to sell more pesticides 5:06 Every week scientist not on the Monsanto payroll predicted weed resistance 5:35 The Chemical treadmill was planned. We are watching an Enron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron 6:11 The Chemical industry has bought the seed and agricultural systems in the US...has got everyone bamboozled that we are going to reduce pesticide inputs 6:46 Starting to make some progress with the media that this is happening 6:55 99.9% in US soil is herbicide tolerant and insecticidal cell production 7:25 The logic falls apart - opposite of integrated pest management 7:53 85% of the antibiotics used in the US are used on factory farms 8:29 Now BT doesn't work due to over use - this was hidden 8:47 Meeting Dr. Ray Seidler, former EPA senior scientist 9:38 Great summary - David - Just like one of my working colleagues See more of the list in comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Abvzf-0_s&google;_comment_id=z12dg3ryukaqyxata23ndniigtymvho4z04 Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps donates $1 million to Oregon labeling initiative, $25,000 to Colorado’s. As GMO labeling initiatives in Oregon and Colorado move toward votes in November, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps has made major commitments to both initiatives with a $1 million donation to support Measure 92 in Oregon and $25,000 to Colorado’s Proposition 105. http://www.non-gmoreport.com/articles/october-2014/david-bronner-win-GMO-labeling-battle.php#sthash.No4gmlX0.dpuf The history of Dr. Bronner’s goes back over 150 years and 5 generations. . https://www.drbronner.com/our-story/timeline/ “The Fighting Soap Company” At Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, sometimes we think of ourselves as “the fighting soap company” https://www.drbronner.com/impact/activism/ Interview: The Health Bridge Oregon Right To Know w/ David Bronner Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps (13+ mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AlfAXjsN5k Why Did Top Scientific Journals Reject This Dr. Bronner's Ad? Mother Jones (Oct. 20, 2014)  http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/10/read-dr-bronners-gmo-ad-thats-too-hot-nature-and-science Press Release Dr. Bronner's Places Major Ad Buy to Present Clear Evidence from Former EPA Senior Scientist of Skyrocketing Herbicide and Insecticide Use on GMO Crops Ad Buy Runs in The New Yorker, Scientific American, Harpers and Others; Science Magazine Rejects Advertorial, Writing: "We're concerned about… getting into a battle with the GMO industry" http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=1781096&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory;=Y&menuName;=News&sId;=&sInfo;= WTF with Marc Maron Podcast Episode 469 David Bronner (July 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCdGAdLGUPw Dr. Ray Seidler Ray Seidler, former Senior Scientist at the EPA, wrote the Biosafety Plan, was elected as Fellow American Academy for Microbiology, listed in the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge England list of the 2,000 Outstanding World Scientists of the 20th Century; Elected to Phi Kappa Phi honorary, Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the World and Twice received U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for research service to the agency. Appointed to promotion/review national board for all EPA environmental senior scientists' promotions to GS14/15 levels; Authored/co-authored over 150 scientific peer reviewed publications, co-authored 3 books.   Ray Seidler's Bio: http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-locations/medford-oregon/events/nutrition-seminar-gmos-yes-or-no-ramon-j-seidler-elise-higley- TV Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw0bkRq8_aM Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc5Tu9LeBlM Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsk9dc6pfaQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.scientistsaysnotogmos

• published: 21 Oct 2014
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