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In 1961, 13 years prior to being sold by Monsanto to kill weeds, Glyphosate was patented in the U.S. as a Descaling and Chelating Agent by the Stauffer Chemical Co.

In 2010, Monsanto patented Glyphosate as an antibiotic.

Take a moment to consider that if CLR (a brand name that removes Calcium and Lime from metal pipes) were discovered to be a weedkiller, your sons or daughters would have this same conversation in a decade or two about CLR in their urine.

You can substitute trace plutonium, anthrax, or anything else for CLR in the above paragraph.



> were discovered to be a weedkiller

coke is a potent weedkiller

people love to drink it

or to put it in another way: some things we eat and drink are great to kill weeds, just not selective enough or too destructive

an example: salt




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