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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by alphonsegaston on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:14PM (#14103854)
It was my understanding that while the IARC classification of glyphosate as a carcinogen has been disputed, exposure has been shown to increase the risk of melanoma, especially in occupational contexts:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27058477/?i=15&from=gl...

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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by alevskaya on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:30PM (#14103926)
That's a terrible paper. This is a small epidemiological study where they're looking both at 1. exposure to sun and 2. occupational exposure to -any- herbicides/pesticides/fungacides/insecticides (not just glyphosate) and trying to pull out odds ratios of melanoma risk. Outdoor work definitely increases melanoma risk, but I wouldn't try to pull out much more than that from this paper!
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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by alphonsegaston on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:34PM (#14103947)
Thanks for clarifying!
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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by snowpanda on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:40PM (#14103977)
He didn't really clarify anything though, just gave his opinion on evidence that he said didn't exist just a comment before.

You could have given any of the other studies that warn against roundup and people will always find something wrong with the study. When people make up their minds about this stuff they stop looking at it objectively.

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