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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by bluGill on Sunday February 14, 2021 @01:58PM (#26135033)
Roundup is used at tiny quantities. Yes 15 times as much is used, but that is still much less than a liter per hectare. And roundup strongly binds to dirt where nothing can get it until it degrades in about half a year. It degrades into common elements in the soil so it isn't making any difference.
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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by TaylorAlexander on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:20PM (#26135872)
According to this link, our original belief that it’s use is largely benign needs further study:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29117584/

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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by bluGill on Sunday February 14, 2021 @06:00PM (#26137108)
Anyone can publish anything. Such as calling out the WHO even though they ignored most of the evidence. Then speculation about antibiotic resistance even though bacteria don't use the pathways glyphosphate targets.
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