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I many EU countries (all?) the usage of pesticides _of any kind_ for killing weeds in such a use-case is strictly forbidden because it can (will!) end up in som
by dathinab 3y ago
I many EU countries (all?) the usage of pesticides _of any kind_ for killing weeds in such a use-case is strictly forbidden because it can (will!) end up in some amounts in apartments, on clothes of pasants etc. Which would not be in line with it's regulation of it's application and the risk models based on it.
> The US courts,
yes, but that was more politically motivated after Monsanto was bought up by a EU company then anything else
Basically the court decided it on a study which was not yet peer reviewed and all the points the court decision based it on where pretty much taken apart by the pair review as improper since. (Basically anything which increases total cell grows (e.g. by killing cells which need replacement) is carcinogen if consumed in very very high dose. I.e. with the methods used there fresh lemons juice probably would be carcinogen...).
At the same time the court ignored a bunch of studies which showed that (with the viable methods of studying that aspect) it doesn't seem to carcinogen.
To top that of the people which sued because their got cancer had other habits which mad them quite a bit more likely to have cancer, exactly the cancer type they got too. I think it was a past heavy smoking but I don't that fully.
And somehow the judges decided they need to make a ruling before the study is properly reviewed and rule different to all the other curt cases in the past which tried to sue the same way just after the company was sold of to outside of the US... very ... normal.. right?
Honestly I'm 0% worried to get cancer because of glyphosate.
BUT I do not trust it and many similar pesticides at all.
I.e. I would not be surprised if we find out at some point that traces consumed with food lead to stomach issues or that it affects certain insects in ways which is so bad for the environment that burning down docents of forests would have been way less of an issue.
Through that generally seems to be an issue for this kind of "roud up" stile of pesticides.
And then there is the issue that especially outside of the EU glyphosate is often used in doses WAY above the safe limit publicized up by Monsanto and I wouldn't be surprised if some EU farmers do so, too.
But here is a thing all that applies to (at least nearly) all alternatives to it.
So what is needed is more like a fundamental change to how farming is done, mainly focused on long term sustainability and environment which likely would happen to also remove any potential subtle negative effects on human.