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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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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago

"Is it evil?"

"Yes."

"Then fucking do it why do you even ask me for?"

[–] Xella@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What in the actual duck...

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Killing off minorities (who are exposed to more of it) is seen as a feature

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Worshipping a gaudy gold leaf calf.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Probably not but as for his followers, this is on par.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world -3 points 6 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 5 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 1 hour 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 3 points 4 hours ago

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