Is this dangerous chemical used here on the ubiquitous hardwood plantations?
BjR
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1. FW: [ToxicsDiscussion] re: Glufosinate media release FYI
Posted by: "james jones" jj_371@... amisanthony
Date: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:27 pm ((PST))

hi glufosinate ammonium used in pine plantations by hancock in otways,
ballarat and gippsland regions. also used in hardwoods in the strzeleckis.

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:43:48 +1100
Subject: [ToxicsDiscussion] re: Glufosinate media release FYI

Press Release, January 19, 2009Coalition against Bayer Dangers
Take Glufosinate off the Market immediately!Bayer´s herbicide among 22 most
dangerous substances / Coalition also demands ban on glufosinate-resistant
plants
The Coalition against Bayer Dangers demands an immediate ban on the
herbicide glufosinate and a suspension of all approvals of
glufosinate-resistant crops. European Parliament members voted last week to
ban pesticides classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to
reproduction. Permits for 22 substances, among them glufosinate, will not be
renewed.
Philipp Mimkes from the Coalition against Bayer Dangers: "Pesticides such as
glufosinate that have been proven hazardous for operators, consumers and the
environment must be removed from the market straight away. The EU ban on
glufosinate must also have consequences for the approval of GM crops: no
more permissions for glufosinate-resistant plants must be granted in the
European Union!"
Bayer CropScience, based in Germany, sells glufosinate under the trademarks
Basta and Liberty. The substance is one of the best-selling herbicides in
the world, with sales in 2007 of ? 241 million. Bayer is currently expanding
glufosinate production capacity in Germany.
A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) evaluation states that glufosinate
poses a high risk to mammals. The substance is classified as reprotoxic,
with laboratory experiments causing premature birth, intra-uterine death and
abortions in rats. Japanese studies show that the substance can also hamper
the development and activity of the human brain. The new EU regulation
declares a ban on all CRM (carcinogenic, reprotoxic and mutagenic)
pesticides from categories I and II. Glufosinate is classified as falling in
reprotoxic category II. Already in 2006 Swedish authorities demanded an
EU-wide ban.
In the U.S. and Latin America the ingredient is widely used as a "super
herbicide" for genetically modified crops, mainly on rapeseed, maize, soy
bean, cotton, rice and sugar beet. Bayer requested EU approval for several
glufosinate-resistant plants, among them a genetically altered rice (LL Rice
62). In 2006 a similar rice (LL Rice 601) that was never approved was found
in food supplies across the world and led to the largest GM contamination
scandal so far.
The Coalition against Bayer Dangers also demands that BAYER publishes all
studies on pesticides and chemicals. Jan Pehrke from the Coalition said:
"Industry must not be allowed to hide unwelcome information. Full public
access to health and environmental data about substances that are released
into the environment and used on our food is necessary."
For more information: Letter to EU Ministers (2006): Act now for a ban of
Bayer´s glufosinate Reject Bayer's application to import genetically
modified rice into the EU
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