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It lost me at the opening sentence. > It’s banned in several countries around the world, it’s a probable carcinogen, and it can cause severe kidney and liver d
by driverdan 7y ago
It lost me at the opening sentence.
> It’s banned in several countries around the world, it’s a probable carcinogen, and it can cause severe kidney and liver damage, as well as birth defects, brain abnormalities, and mental illnesses.
This is terribly skewed, unscientific writing. Next time consult someone who knows about the science behind glyphosate before writing about it.
- asimpletune 7y agoI don’t know anything about this subject. What is the correct way to understand it?
- coldtea 7y agoPretty much what the article says.
- driverdan 7y agoGlyphosate is the safest and most effective herbicide to date. Countries banning it has nothing to do with the science behind it. The WHO classified it as a probable carcinogen based on a single flawed study. The rest of the claims are not backed by research.
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- thatcat 7y agoSo why are countries banning it then?
- krageon 7y agoIf it isn't because the science supports it, why is that important? Countries do weird things for the wrong reasons all the time. The Swedish government says the sale and consumption of MSG is "unwise" because it "might be bad", even though there is absolutely no scientific support for it. I'm sure you could find many, many examples of similar problems in practice and it does not take a whole lot of thinking to realise it might impact other areas as well.
- thatcat 7y agoI mean its not like science could ever be politically biased /s
- driverdan 7y agoPolitics.
- pjc50 7y agoWhich of those statements are false?
- rhacker 7y agoBans https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-roundup-lawsuit/where-is-glyphosate-banned/ https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-round... Carcinogenic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383574218300887 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138357421... Liver damage https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1542356519303611 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S15423... Kidney https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442867/ (This essentially says that existing studies ruling this out are flawed) Birth Defects, brain abnormalities/illnesses https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392553/
- refurb 7y agoJust because you can find a paper, doesn't mean it supports the fact quoted. Your article on carcinogenic - However, given the heterogeneity between the studies included, the numerical risk estimates should be interpreted with caution. Your article on liver disease - you left out the title "in patients with fatty liver disease" Kidney disease - association, not causation Birth defects - from the conclusions "In this paper, we propose that glyphosate's chelation of Mn..may explain the recent increase in incidence of multiple neurological diseases and other pathologies." Hardly definitive conclusions.
- rhacker 7y agoI wouldn't suggest we have a conclusion either, but what is the acceptable risk, in your family, for example, would you eat glyphosate?
- refurb 7y agoBased on glyphosate’s relative risk compared to other pesticides, disease causing bacteria or heavy metal contamination, it just doesn’t rank very high at all.