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Re:Significant levels of glyphosate found in popular breakfa... by pasta on Thursday August 16, 2018 @08:01AM (#17773867)
- Q: "I don't understand what this article is trying to convey."

- A: Getting as much hits as possible so they have more income from ads.

Also: "Cancer-linked herbicide, sold as Roundup by Monsanto, present in 45 products including granola, snack bars and Cheerios" is very sensational because there are a lot of types of herbicides.

Glyphosate is possible connected to cancer but there is not much proof for it.

Edit: (disclaimer) I think it's still crazy companies are allowed to add toxic synthetic chemicals to nature.

For example: In the US and Netherlands there is now GenX [1] in drinking water because it is unsure if GenX can cause any harm. Well imho that should be the other way around: only allow chemicals to be dumped in open water if you are 100% sure it can't do harm.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenX

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Re:Significant levels of glyphosate found in popular breakfa... by randomdata on Thursday August 16, 2018 @08:04AM (#17773889)
Even the recent court case about Roundup was careful to avoid looking at glyphosate, but instead focused on other additives mixed into the Roundup brand.
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