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Re:Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribu... by viggity on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:27AM (#26622122)
Except glyphostate has been around since 1950, in heavy use since the late 1990s, and most importantly of all - it is a herbicide. Not a pesticide. It is not the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder.
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Re:Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribu... by floor2 on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:36PM (#26624402)
It's marketed as a herbicide, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have an impact elsewhere.

For instance, we know that the gut microbiome has wide-ranging effects from digestive disorders to arthritis and auto-immune problems to obesity as well as mood and cognition. Here's a university study showing 54% of the bacteria in human gut microbiome are sensitive to glyphosate: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201120095858.h...

It may be the case that the skyrocketing rates of obesity or depression/anxiety or other chronic conditions have roots in chemicals like glyphosate disrupting gut microbiome or endocrine systems.

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Re:Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribu... by cmrdporcupine on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:31PM (#26655637)
nit: glyphosate is a pesticide. just not an insecticide. the "pests" are the weeds

pesticide == (herbicide || insecticide)

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