Herbicide drift can do more damage than contaminate organic farmers.

On Jan. 2, 2011, the Register-­Guard article, “Dying on the vine,” reported the loss of a vineyard caused by herbicide drift from adjacent Roseburg Forest Products lands. It also highlighted the inability of the vineyard owners to get a fair trial. RFP is one of the largest forest poisoners in Lane County, known in forestry circles for heavy aerial spraying to achieve their pure plantation fetish. One person's valuable agricultural crop was sacrificed simply to purify anothers.

Chemical corporations have the clout and political power to prevent fair hearings and compensation from herbicide drift.

One of my brothers in arms, sprayed with Agent Orange in Vietnam, suffers ulcerations, nerve damage, and two stone deaf children. Agent Orange's manufactures have stalled compensation and will do so until Vietnams spray survivors are dead.

Why defend lethal forest poisons that have maimed veterans just like bullets?