A Top Weedkiller Could Cause Cancer. Should We Be Scared? - NPR http://www.npr.org/blogs...
tl;dr there's a difference between possibility and likelihood and risk assessment is all about determining likelihood.
- Victor Ganata
Still, you'd think that advocates of the free market would be all about letting consumers decide whether or not they want to consume plants that have been treated with Roundup.
- Victor Ganata
Roundup is Agent Orange in a bottle. I wish they would pull it from the market.
- Gabrielle
"Blair points out that society often chooses simply to accept certain hazards. Among the other things that the IARC says probably cause cancer are burning wood in home fireplaces, disruption of circadian rhythms by working overnight shifts and working as a hairdresser." Of course, it would be nice if these things were true free choices.
- Victor Ganata
Monsanto has a spectacular lobbying and PR arm that works long and hard to make sure America and it's government will never see the likelihood or the causality. It's not paranoia when Monsanto is involved.
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan