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And who is to say that organic carrot you're eating is any better for you. From a pesticide standpoint, almost all of the pesticides we eat (by weight) are natu

And who is to say that organic carrot you're eating is any better for you. From a pesticide standpoint, almost all of the pesticides we eat (by weight) are natural and possible carcinogens. [1] A person's synthetic pesticide exposure is dwarfed by the natural pesticide chemicals the plants produce themselves (except for farm workers). Dose makes the poison--at the small levels we intake, with normal handling, risk is very low for both categories. (And don't get me on my soapbox about the villification of glyphosate--it's a shame). [1] Dietary pesticides, 99.99% all natural: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2217210/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2217210/

eth0up 7y ago
I'll climb on the soapbox. Glyphosate is great stuff. Good on sandwiches too. Hell, even Patrick Moore[1] does shots[2] of the stuff and he's almost perfect. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(consultant) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(consultant) 2. https://time.com/3761053/monsanto-weed-killer-drink-patrick-moore-lobbyist/ https://time.com/3761053/monsanto-weed-killer-drink-patrick-... Edit: original comment was abridged by the benevolence of Verizon and their warm wireless affection for rural vermin. Rather than rewrite it, I'll capitulate and admire it as 'is'.
- torgoguys 7y ago
  The not drinking glyphosate thing is way overblown. The best data we have says that eating Crayolas is safe. Young children do it all the time. They're non-toxic by design. That doesn't mean that I'm going to munch down a boxful if asked to. It isn't food. OF COURSE he didn't drink it. Again, it isn't food.
  - eth0up 7y ago
    Then consider allowing your children to merely gargle with glyphosate, and remove their crayon-eating privileges if they insist on persevering to digestive phases.
    - zaarn 7y ago
      The considered safe exposure is about one milligram per kilogram bodyweight, so your children should be fine gargling on about 20 to 50 milligrams of the stuff without issue (somewhere after that you reach norminal toxicity where it'll just kill you normally like 99.999% of the pesticides out there).

eth0up 7y ago

I'll climb on the soapbox. Glyphosate is great stuff. Good on sandwiches too. Hell, even Patrick Moore[1] does shots[2] of the stuff and he's almost perfect. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(consultant) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore_(consultant) 2. https://time.com/3761053/monsanto-weed-killer-drink-patrick-moore-lobbyist/ https://time.com/3761053/monsanto-weed-killer-drink-patrick-... Edit: original comment was abridged by the benevolence of Verizon and their warm wireless affection for rural vermin. Rather than rewrite it, I'll capitulate and admire it as 'is'.

torgoguys 7y ago
The not drinking glyphosate thing is way overblown. The best data we have says that eating Crayolas is safe. Young children do it all the time. They're non-toxic by design. That doesn't mean that I'm going to munch down a boxful if asked to. It isn't food. OF COURSE he didn't drink it. Again, it isn't food.
- eth0up 7y ago
  Then consider allowing your children to merely gargle with glyphosate, and remove their crayon-eating privileges if they insist on persevering to digestive phases.
  - zaarn 7y ago
    The considered safe exposure is about one milligram per kilogram bodyweight, so your children should be fine gargling on about 20 to 50 milligrams of the stuff without issue (somewhere after that you reach norminal toxicity where it'll just kill you normally like 99.999% of the pesticides out there).