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Bayer owns Roundup at this point and it appears that Australia (note not Austria) in 2017 deemed that it doesn’t cause cancer... so this seems like a purely pol

• quickthrower2 7y ago
  It might be for agricultural workers as it says in one of the references in the Wikipedia article: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/diet-and-cancer/food-controversies#food_controversies4 http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cance... I’m not saying it should or shouldn’t be banned. I’d still use it myself though although I tend not to because it takes ages to kill weeds when you can just pull them out, mow the lawn or mulch for instant results.
• weq 7y ago
  Australia's government is owned by argi-mining corperate interests. The ruling poltical party was founded by such creatures, and they all seem to retire into cushy lobbying positions for the same companies after the fact. The ruling Conservative party ran on a platform of "removing green tape" and often defunds / disbands science institutions which are not friendly to their narrative. If you read the court documents, you will see just like Johnson and Johnson, Bayer has been repressing science ont he subject for a long time. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/johnson-and-johnson-knew-for-decades-that-asbestos-lurked-in-its-baby-powder-20181215-p50mgf.html https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/johnson-and-johnso...