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Re:Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US u... by whimsicalism on Saturday July 09, 2022 @02:05PM (#32037720)
There's a lot of reasons. That is one large one, but you can also integrate natural pesticides into the genome of the plant, ie. Bt corn.
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Re:Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US u... by tomp on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:05PM (#32039295)
Which could be equally dangerous as external pesticides like glyphosate.
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Re:Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US u... by Llamamoe on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:39PM (#32051916)
Every single plant and fungi in the world contains natural pesticides to fend off pests and pathogens. E.g. caffeine, nicotine.
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Re:Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US u... by trash3 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @07:26PM (#32040287)
What's your source that's an outrageous claim
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Re:Weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US u... by NoSorryCannot on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:57PM (#32040844)
More self-evident than outrageous but alright.
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