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2011-07-08 13:42:38 | Ranchers are clearing the Amazon rainforest with Agent Orange -- Grist | |
John Hartz John Hartz john.hartz@hotmail... 98.122.98.161 |
Like lemmings to the sea... TreesRanchers are clearing the Amazon rainforest with Agent OrangeIn Brazil, ranchers are opting to use Agent Orange -- one of the most toxic herbicides ever concocted, infamous for its use as a defoliant and de facto weapon during the Vietnam War -- to clear acres of rainforest. It's illegal to clear the forest, but by spraying swaths of trees with Agent Orange, deployed by helicopter, ranchers stand less chance of detection than if they cleared the land by bulldozing or cutting down trees. | |
2011-07-08 14:04:27 | ||
BaerbelW baerbel-for-350@email... 93.231.135.145 |
When I first read about that two days ago I couldn't believe how people can be this stupid/greedy. Those doing this kind of thing should all get a shower with the stuff. | |
2011-07-08 23:59:47 | Why on earth... | |
John Hartz John Hartz john.hartz@hotmail... 98.122.98.161 |
would anyone eat a burger made from cattle that grazed on grassland cleared by Agent Orange? | |
2011-07-09 00:10:21 | ||
nealjking nealjking@gmail... 84.151.42.15 |
Because nobody tells you. | |
2011-07-09 00:25:32 | ||
Dikran Marsupial Gavin Cawley gcc@cmp.uea.ac... 139.222.14.107 |
BaerbelW Einstein apparently once said: “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.” | |
2011-07-09 02:32:53 | ||
Albatross Julian Brimelow stomatalaperture@gmail... 199.126.232.206 |
Great quote Dikran...I have been thinking along similar lines, but have not formulated it as eloquently and succinctly as Einstein did...of course. |