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"up by 40%" only on a study of people living on or near farms where glyphosate is sprayed. Actual probability you will get NHL from roundup if the figures are
by throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
"up by 40%" only on a study of people living on or near farms where glyphosate is sprayed.
Actual probability you will get NHL from roundup if the figures are accurate (again, limited study results, no causation found), in the worst case, goes from 2% chance to 2.8% chance.
Amazingly, none of this considers the additives to roundup that aren't glyphosate, which everyone agrees are much more likely to hurt you. The case seems to hinge on the least harmful part of Roundup.
This whole case is a great example of a lack of scientific literacy and a whole lot of fear, combined with a dislike for large corporations, resulting in a whole lot of disinformation. Roundup might be bad for you, but we still don't actually know, because we have no causative proof.
- mistercheph 3y agoI agree, we really don't know what the effects are, or even how to establish a set of criteria that we would look for in an empirical investigation that determined what its effects on human health are. That's why I say we should just keep spraying the fucking shit on all of our food, and wait for the science to come out before clutching at our pearls here folks!