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It has been sprayed over entire villages in South America to kill all cocaine plants in the area for decades. I'm not aware of any higher cancer rates of these
by esaym 7y ago
It has been sprayed over entire villages in South America to kill all cocaine plants in the area for decades. I'm not aware of any higher cancer rates of these villagers vs the regular populous. I'm not actually sure where all the hysteria over this product is coming from really.
- puranjay 7y agoI don't know about South America, but in most parts of Asia, the data is unreliable because a) poor rural people don't always get treatment, and even when they do, the diagnostics aren't always correct or even reported, and b) data collection is poor in rural areas - both the quality and quantity. So I'd take any statistical claim with a grain of salt.
- bluGill 7y agoFarmers in the US have been using it for years as well. We have much better data on them. While farmers cancer numbers are not the same as the general US population, when you control for other known differences in farmer behavior roundup isn't an issue.