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The action comes after years of mounting scientific evidence of the dangers posed by exposure to the chemical dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also known as D
by underseacables 2y ago
The action comes after years of mounting scientific evidence of the dangers posed by exposure to the chemical dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also known as DCPA or Dacthal.
Great, now do Glyphosate.
- adzm 2y agoGlyphosphate is no where near comparable to this chemical though
- VoodooJuJu 2y agoYet. Just like this chemical. Just like DDT. Just like BPA. Just like PFCs. Not nearly enough testing is ever done on these things. Everyone is in such a rush to get these things into our environment and our bodies, no regard for higher order effects, which is why this pattern keeps repeating.
- gruez 2y ago>Not nearly enough testing is ever done on these things. Everyone is in such a rush to get these things into our environment and our bodies, no regard for higher order effects, which is why this pattern keep repeating. It was discovered more than 50 years ago and the evidence for its harm is still "inconclusive". How much more evidence do you need? When does "precautionary principle" become crankiness (eg. vaccine skepticism or cellphones cause cancer)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Toxicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Toxicity
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- themaninthedark 2y agoI don't have a good enough stat's background for digging deep into the Lancet or IARC citations on Wiki that are the support for IARC's classification of "probably carcinogenic to humans" but the rest of the sub from Wikipedia says that it is low risk.
- lesuorac 2y agoDDT is still legal, its just banned for agriculture, you can use it as a pesticide. > [1] in 1972, to a ban on DDT's agricultural use in the United States [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
- simiones 2y agoNah, you can totally drink a big glass of that.
- brink 2y agoYou can also drink a big glass of car engine coolant.
- Etheryte 2y agoYou can drink a big glass of nearly anything once.
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- jajko 2y agoSomething tells me we're not spraying en masse fields with veggies with engine coolants, are we.
- BJones12 2y agoSounds like your car is in better condition than mine.
- ars 2y agoIt's actually true: Propylene glycol is harmless. Although some use Ethylene glycol, don't drink that.
- saalweachter 2y agoA glass of the concentrate is where it starts to get worrisome. The LD50 is somewhere in the 5000 mg/kg range; that's around 250 grams for a 50kg person. For concentrated glyphosate, you're in that ballpark with around a liter of concentrate, depending on the exact dilution.
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- ars 2y agoGlyphosate is not toxic. But the stuff in the bottle is mixed with adjuvants and surfactants - and those are toxic. So you have to distinguish which thing is being studied if you want to research this product.
- pengaru 2y agonit: Isn't it spelled glyphosate?
- ars 2y agoIt is, I was copy-pasting from someone else and didn't notice.
- culi 2y agoA 2019 meta-analysis found compelling evidence for a link between Glyphosate-based herbicides and non-Hodgkin lymphoma https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31342895/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31342895/
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