Guilty as charged!

[smallblueplanet]

BBC NEWS | Europe | Monsanto guilty in 'false ad' row

France's highest court has ruled that US agrochemical giant Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirmed an earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as "biodegradable" and claimed it "left the soil clean".
The company was fined 15,000 euros (£13,800; $22,400). It has yet to comment on the judgment.
Roundup is the world's best-selling herbicide.
Monsanto also sells crops genetically-engineered to be tolerant to Roundup...

[allotmentlady]

thank fully I dont use it but yep guilty as charged lol xx

[Seahorse]

15,000 euro fine? I imagine they were laughing all the way to the bank

[allotmentlady]

thing is peeps need to STOP buying the products to make the companies fail........its disgusting but hardly surprising

[Snadger]

'Not to be used in watercourses as it kills all aquatic life' is enough to put me off it!

Not even a slap on the wrist........more like a tap on the finger!

[Eco-Chic]

I thought Roundup is on the EU list of soon to be prohibited products?

[Snadger]

I thought Roundup is on the EU list of soon to be prohibited products?

I agree...........the active ingredient glyphosate is to be banned methinks.............sure I read it somewhere?

[beefy]

"To those who simply criticize without offering new ideas of their own, I have to ask, what's your answer?"

In a world where the population is steadily increasing and available land for food production is decreasing along with limited fuel resources can any of you explain how you would feed the world with out chemicals?Should every square metre of ground that is in food production not be farmed as efficiently as possible thereby giving cheap plentiful food for all.
Going organic on your allotment is one thing - feeding the world is entirely another.