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A comment on Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety in Unsealed Documents. Parent comment

Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by AstralStorm on Thursday April 13, 2017 @06:19AM (#14105596)
It does, but not really to smoking. Tobacco is far safer chewed or insufflated than smoked, and cigarettes have a bunch of additional terrible chemicals in them.
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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by tptacek on Thursday April 13, 2017 @08:56AM (#14106394)
It is not in fact safe to chew tobacco.
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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by petre on Saturday April 15, 2017 @01:25AM (#14119524)
You can get gum and other mouth cancers.
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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by LordKano on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:59AM (#14107501)
Any burning organic matter will contain carcinogens. Breathing a constant supply of wood smoke will wreak havoc on one's lungs.

I'd be curious to find out if there's any place with a history of consumption of fresh tobacco leaves as a food item.

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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by sjg007 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @04:46PM (#14110784)
No. You would get tobacco sickness.
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