Re:Europe still burns witches – if they’re named Monsanto
by eviltandem on Thursday November 30, 2017 @10:18AM
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Literally everything you said could go both ways:
The reason glyphosate isn't banned is simply that the decision to use is it is one people take individually, and banning it would intrude on people's lives and culture - for argument sake I assume farmers also count as people.
As for glyphosate, it is really hard to ban, and has been shown to have benefits the counterweight the cancer risk.
Would anyone dispute that bacon and sun exposure are risk factors in cancer? Contrary to his assertion, Australia also ran a pretty well-funded campaign against sun exposure in the 80s and 90s.
The reasons why bacon and the sun aren't banned are simply that the former is that eating bacon is a decision people can take individually, and banning it would intrude on peoples' lives and culture much more strongly than banning a pesticide. As for the sun, it is really hard to ban, and has been shown to have benefits that counterweight the cancer risk.
Mocking the risk designation of "working as a hairdresser" is similarly hair-raising: Hair-dressers handle all sorts of chemicals, such as colouring agents. I wonder how easily the author could be convinced to expose himself to the lifetime exposure of a typical hairdresser.