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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by pera on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @08:41PM (#14659852)
I would obviously like to see more studies, but here is one from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization indicating that glyphosate seems to be safe when used as a pesticide: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5693e.pdf (page 31 of the pdf)

Edit: here is an article explaining why more studies are needed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756530/

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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by ams6110 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @09:07PM (#14659961)
> glyphosate seems to be safe when used as a pesticide

Just to be accurate, glyphosate is an herbicide, not a pesticide.

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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by maxerickson on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @09:57PM (#14660189)
Herbicides are pesticides. Herbicide is more specific, pesticide isn't inaccurate.
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Re:EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto ‘Kill’ Cancer Study by ams6110 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @10:05PM (#14660221)
Hmm, so it is. I never knew that. I have always thought pesticide was for insects, herbicide for plants.
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