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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by tptacek on Thursday April 13, 2017 @08:55AM (#14106390)
This is a fallacy. All sorts of things are time-tested, in some cases over a millennium, and turn out to be carcinogenic: lutefisk, for instance, or the scalding hot tea Iranians drink.
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Re:Monsanto Weed Killer Roundup Faces New Doubts on Safety i... by shriphani on Thursday April 13, 2017 @10:44PM (#14112397)
I'm talking conditional probabilities here. Conditioned on the natural, our track record isn't bad. Conditioned on synthetic substances, just in the last century we have thalidomide, high-fructose corn syrup and this wonderful collection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Withdrawn_drugs
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