tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post4772124105252157478..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: Huge tree deaths due to drought in CaliforniaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-70484050311728328052016-11-24T06:34:31.276-05:002016-11-24T06:34:31.276-05:00Trees have been dying in California long before th...Trees have been dying in California long before this most recent drought. Though certainly a compounding factor, something else has been seriously affecting the forest health over the past three decades. It's not discussed very much, however there does seem to be a curious overlap with the onset of obviously deterioration of arboreal health, and, the wide-spread introduction of certain herbicides employed as pre-harvest descants. These same herbicides are also an integral component of the technology involved with the cultivation of genetically modified crops. Glyphosate is a chemical that readily translocates through plant tissue, and once taken up in foliage eventually passes through the entire plant system to the roots and eventually into the surrounding soil.<br />Contaminated dust, or even outright herbicide drift due to inappropriate application during high winds can impact flora miles away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com