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Roundup is also available at your home center in a big flashy display. This seems like criminal deception and disregard for public safety.
by imglorp 4y ago
Roundup is also available at your home center in a big flashy display. This seems like criminal deception and disregard for public safety.
- epgui 4y agoI'm inclined to agree with you, possibly. However the risk to human health is (in my honest opinion and according to my best professional judgment) very minimal, and the greater risk is environmental. In part for this reason, I would think industrial application to be orders of magnitude more concerning than some old lady applying it in her patch of tomatoes.
- dekhn 4y agoIt would be if there was unambiguous proof that roundup was unsafe and that the manufacturer knew it. The health risks of glyphosate are ... not well determined and nobody has made a conclusive case. There was a lot of noise in the past done by scientists operating not in good faith.
- epgui 4y ago1. Agreed on risks to human health (which is closer to my expertise), but; 2. I do believe there are serious environmental concerns (which unfortunately is not really my expertise-- I rely on my colleagues and on what I see in journals for this judgment).
- imglorp 4y agoThat's interesting. Bayer settled some $10 billion in lawsuits: yes agree, class action shystering is not necessarily evidence of anything. But that's a LOT of go-away money which might indicate the risk at trial with actual evidence would be even more than 10B. Given so much suspicion about this substance, homeowners are probably not equipped to handle it safely in a spray bottle with a mile of fine print on it. Professional farmers might be if well informed.