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Reference Number: 1314121781

First Name
Chris
Last Name
Slater
Email:
cjslater07@gmail.com
Telephone:
250 245-3197
Fax:

Address:
13140 Thomas Road
City:
Ladysmith
Province:
BC
Postal Code:
V9G 1L9
Country:
Canada
URL address of Page or Site in Question:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/143703205679538/
Feedback:
Yes, thank you Kate Storey, Agriculture critic for the Green Party of Canada for your expression of support on Protect Urban Agriculture, Save Compassion Farm.... Oh that The Honourable Gerry Ritz http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/min/index_e.php?s1=help-aide&s2=contact Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board would now respond to our righteous concerns for food security and our RIGHTS to grow and sell FOOD from any property under our control. He has been doing an admirable job for AGRI-BUS., with his foreign trips to sell their products, but I want him to start doing more for us, the people who elected him; the people who are forced to consume disgusting GMO and GE foods simply because they are sneakily NOT LABELLED. Canada needs to follow the rest of civilized societies such as in the EU and ban these Frankenfoods. And then arrange restitution from Corporate Capitalists like Monsanto for the DAMAGE they have done to our world! Won't you join me in letting The Honourable Gerry Ritz http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/min/index_e.php?s1=help-aide&s2=contact know of our concerns?

Paraquat

A large majority (93%) of fatalities from paraquat poisoning are cases of intentional self-administration, i.e., suicides. In third world countries, paraquat is a "major suicide agent".[11] For instance, in Samoa from 1979–2001, 70% of suicides were by paraquat poisoning. In southern Trinidad from 1996–1997, 76% of suicides were by paraquat.[12]

The reason paraquat is such a widely used suicide agent in third-world countries is due to its widespread availability, low toxic dose (10 ml or 2 teaspoons is enough to kill) and relative low cost. There are campaigns to control or even ban paraquat outright, and there are moves to restrict its availability by requiring user education and the locking up of paraquat stores.

Paraquat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Paraquat is the trade name for N,N′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium dichloride, one of the most widely used herbicides in the world. Paraquat, a viologen, is quick-acting and non-selective, killing green plant tissue on contact. It is also toxic to human beings and animals.

Why do I bring this up?  Because until yesterday, in writing an entry to http://grownfoods.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-journey-chris-j-slater.html I became aware of this product that I've used in he past, in my ignorance (or was deliberately misinformed). I had no knowledge of the real toxicity of this product, only was told that it will be "neutralized" by contact with soil. In researching what I'm writing, I'm becoming more informed about my part in the problem and reconsidering how I can be part of the solution...I now take the position that a weed is only a plant I don't want there, but in fact there is a purpose for everything. I now know there is a FAR better way. Let me introduce you to Masanobu Fukuoka's Natural Farming and Permaculture  http://www.permaculture.com/node/140