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An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world -3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

IMO, the panic about glyphosate's health impacts is just based on empty hype, most risk assessments I've seen show it to be one of the safer herbicides out there.

[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If that's true, why have they lost the lawsuits? Just because it's "safer" doesn't mean it's still not toxic.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Why does everyone think that OJ Simpson killed his wife after he was acquitted by a jury? Just because you can convince 12 schlubs of something doesn't make something true or untrue.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 hours ago

A lot of the safety evaluations depended on the now-retracted paper that was secretly written (in part) by Monsanto employees.