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This is bad journalism. Glyphosate is not “linked” to cancer. Sone groups think it is “probably” a carcinogen but most every governing body around the world say

This is bad journalism. Glyphosate is not “linked” to cancer. Sone groups think it is “probably” a carcinogen but most every governing body around the world says it is not as there’s no proof of the link at all. This is probably not journalism but rather propaganda designed to rally public support around glyphosate bans which we have seen in Germany and now the Netherlands. Farmers can still use it of course, but the ban is for home use. Even though it is safe to use when following the label.

bsedlm 4y ago
just to generalized bad health and possibly celiac disease I'd say that part of the problem is that this chemical makes the gut flora sick, not the human... but given as the gut bacteria are symbiotic with us, we also suffer negative consequces which are harder to explain with strictly reductionist biomechanics also I keep in mind the economic incentives and the sorry state of academic funding
- moneywoes 4y ago
  Is having celiac correlated with this?
macondo 4y ago
This is bad thinking. Glyphosate has seen billions of USD in settlements and is tied to decreased liver function. "Most every governing body says..." what is this poor appeal to authority? Like the other commenter says, even if it is not directly effecting on humans, if it affects our gut flora then it ends up affecting. The reductionist approach does not work much in biology, one has to consider the whole system.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  > Glyphosate has seen billions of USD in settlements In my country some scientists have been found guilty of "not predicting an earthquake"[1], so I would be careful to believe to what a court can prove or disprove and the scientific value of their decisions... [1] https://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/italian-scientists-jailed-for-failing-to-predict-earthquake/#:~:text=In%20a%20decision%20that%20is,to%20accurately%20predict%20an%20earthquake https://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/italian-scientists-j....
ReactiveJelly 4y ago
A home ban seems backwards. I'm more worried about ingesting glyphosate from corn products than spraying it on weeds. I don't eat weeds.
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  The risk is larger for home usage because those concentrations are more carcinogenic.
contravariant 4y ago
If we're counting red flags toss "found in X% of Y" onto the heap as well. Any report about 'detecting' something without mentioning safe levels or how amazingly sensitive some types of detection are should be taken with a huge grain of salt.

bsedlm 4y ago

just to generalized bad health and possibly celiac disease I'd say that part of the problem is that this chemical makes the gut flora sick, not the human... but given as the gut bacteria are symbiotic with us, we also suffer negative consequces which are harder to explain with strictly reductionist biomechanics also I keep in mind the economic incentives and the sorry state of academic funding

moneywoes 4y ago
Is having celiac correlated with this?

macondo 4y ago

This is bad thinking. Glyphosate has seen billions of USD in settlements and is tied to decreased liver function. "Most every governing body says..." what is this poor appeal to authority? Like the other commenter says, even if it is not directly effecting on humans, if it affects our gut flora then it ends up affecting. The reductionist approach does not work much in biology, one has to consider the whole system.

peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> Glyphosate has seen billions of USD in settlements In my country some scientists have been found guilty of "not predicting an earthquake"[1], so I would be careful to believe to what a court can prove or disprove and the scientific value of their decisions... [1] https://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/italian-scientists-jailed-for-failing-to-predict-earthquake/#:~:text=In%20a%20decision%20that%20is,to%20accurately%20predict%20an%20earthquake https://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/italian-scientists-j....

ReactiveJelly 4y ago

A home ban seems backwards. I'm more worried about ingesting glyphosate from corn products than spraying it on weeds. I don't eat weeds.

whimsicalism 4y ago
The risk is larger for home usage because those concentrations are more carcinogenic.

contravariant 4y ago

If we're counting red flags toss "found in X% of Y" onto the heap as well. Any report about 'detecting' something without mentioning safe levels or how amazingly sensitive some types of detection are should be taken with a huge grain of salt.