Roundup

[pErvinalia]

RFK will be bathing in it next week.

[NineBerry]

RFK will be bathing in it next week.

He has bathed in worse stuff before.

[Svartalf]

RFK will be bathing in it next week.

if only the jacuzzi were big enough for frump and all the clique to dive in too.

[Tero]

Nobody goes into a hot tub with Trump. There will be floaters.

[Tero]

Politico on Bayer
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/2 ... s-00838045

China has glyphosate production.

[rainbow]

Politico on Bayer
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/2 ... s-00838045

China has glyphosate production.

Ignorant crap:

Phosphorus is also used to make weapons, fertilizer and semiconductors.

...so is nitrogen.

What load of Drivel!

[Tero]

Yeah I was wondering about the quantities. Roundup is potent enough that the amounts will not compare to fertilizer:

Phosphate fertilizer application typically ranges from 30 to 100+ pounds per acre, heavily dependent on soil test levels, crop type, and yield goals.

[Tero]

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[Tero]

EPA did science and read a few papers. Roundup does not cause cancer.

“EPA has not required glyphosate-based pesticides like Roundup to include a cancer warning on their labels,” Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for the majority. “Therefore, as a matter of federal law, Monsanto legally must use a label without a cancer warning unless and until EPA approves or requires a change.”

"The ruling came over the objections of liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Neil M. Gorsuch."

"The decision turned on a technical legal question, but one with enormous stakes. On the line are billions of dollars, the fate of tens of thousands of lawsuits filed by cancer victims and the future of an herbicide farmers say is crucial to the nation’s food supply but health groups warn is a danger."
"The EPA has repeatedly found that glyphosate, which was first marketed in the 1970s, does not cause cancer.

"The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates glyphosate is used on about 300 million acres of farmland in the United States and is integral to feeding the nation. Otherwise, it says, farmers might have to rely on harsher, less-safe herbicides."

Of course, ag groups immediately praised the ruling. Mariah Squire, writing for the "Successful Farming" website has this headline, "Farmer Groups Praise Supreme Court Roundup Ruling."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... es-cancer/

[Tero]

Epidemiological Studies (Human Data): A prominent meta-analysis found that high occupational exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides increased the risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma by 41%. Additional independent analyses continue to show consistent patterns connecting heavy agricultural use to elevated NHL rates.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 5025042855

Animal Studies: Multiple long-term rodent bioassays have shown that pure glyphosate and its formulations induce tumors. This includes a comprehensive international study confirming the development of multiple types of cancer and acute leukemia in test rats.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 5025042855

Formulation Toxicity: Some researchers point out that standard toxicological tests evaluate pure glyphosate, but real-world Roundup contains co-formulants (surfactants) that help the chemical stick to leaves. Evidence suggests these commercial mixtures may be significantly more toxic and genotoxic to human lymphocytes than glyphosate alone.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12192614/