"A broad new scientific analysis of the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides, the most widely used weed killing products in the world, has found that people with high exposures to the popular pesticides have a 41% increased risk of developing a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma"
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I had non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma last Spring and Summer. I have used several different herbicides and pesticides around my small farm and orchard. I have not gotten around to reading the labels yet to see if they contain glyphosate.
dahermit
Level 7
Feb 14, 2019
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cava:
Check it out. There are currently 9000 lawsuits pending against Monsanto.
That is a scary report. But, haven’t we always know that this weed killer is not perfectly safe?
Freedompath
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Feb 14, 2019
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cava:
Monsanto propaganda machine. The following is from [theguardian.com]
“Monsanto has specifically gone out of its way to bully … and to fight independent researchers,” said the attorney Brent Wisner , who presented internal Monsanto emails that he said showed how the agrochemical company rejected critical research and expert warnings over the years while pursuing and helping to write favorable analyses of their products. “They fought science.”
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