Definitions
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- noun a
chemical agent thatdestroys unwanted plants (weeds ) but notwanted ones (crops etc)
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- noun a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
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Examples
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Finally - if the colour is important, perhaps mixing food colouring with weedkiller to create a highly-toxic 'spray paint' might be an option?
A Letter to this Morning's Protester Dungeekin 2009
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Farmers and others in Argentina use the weedkiller primarily on genetically modified Roundup Ready soy, which covers nearly 50 million acres, or half of the country's cultivated land area.
Roundup: Birth Defects Caused By World's Top-Selling Weedkiller, Scientists Say 2011
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DuPont's Optimum GAT seeds are genetically modified to grow into soybean plants able to survive exposure to glyphosate-based weedkiller as well as another herbicide called acetolate synthase.
DuPont Delays Seed in Soybean Spat Scott Kilman 2011
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Finally - if the colour is important, perhaps mixing food colouring with weedkiller to create a highly-toxic 'spray paint' might be an option?
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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The film corroborates a connection between cancer and her hometown's polluted waters from PCBs (a class of manmade chemicals used in flame retardants, paint, adhesives etc.) and the ubiquitous contamination of atrazine, the 2nd most widely used weedkiller in the world.
Annie Spiegelman: Living Downstream: Steingraber Documentary Puts Moral Imperative on Banning Cancer-Causing Chemicals Annie Spiegelman 2010
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DuPont initially touted Optimum GAT to farmers as an alternative to them buying seeds equipped with Monsanto's gene for surviving glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.
DuPont Delays Seed in Soybean Spat Scott Kilman 2011
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DuPont initially touted Optimum GAT to farmers as an alternative to them buying seeds equipped with Monsanto's gene for surviving glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller.
DuPont Delays Seed in Soybean Spat Scott Kilman 2011
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Enjoy, but watch my dad ... he's lethal with the hoe & weedkiller!
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DuPont's Optimum GAT seeds are genetically modified to grow into soybean plants able to survive exposure to glyphosate-based weedkiller as well as another herbicide called acetolate synthase.
DuPont Delays Seed in Soybean Spat Scott Kilman 2011
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The variable that Dr. Ewen wants looked at the most is the weedkiller used on GM soybeans, as he mentioned over and over that it is a probable cause of the disruption.
Jeffrey Smith: Genetically Modified Soy Diets Lead to Ovary and Uterus Changes in Rats Jeffrey Smith 2010
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