Letter: The safe standards of almond production

Steve Thomas Schoonover’s letter of Jan. 21 concerning crop protection activities in conventional almond production systems is wrought with inaccuracies. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is a herbicide. It only effects one metabolic pathway present in plants. It has no activity on insects including bees. It is not applied to the almond trees, but

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