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Re:Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine sam... by idiotsecant on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:00AM (#32065453)
Anyone upset about glyphosphate contamination is mad at the wrong people - the people who manufacture it produce a product that harmlessly degrades in a fairly short period of time. The villains here are the farmers and farming enterprises that use it as a desiccant to make preparation of crop faster and cheaper. They are literally poisoning you to make the post-harvest process cheaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_desiccation

Re:Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine sam... by pixxel on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:53AM (#32066496)
“Anyone upset about glyphosphate contamination is mad at the wrong people”

“They are literally poisoning you to make the post-harvest process cheaper”

Not to take anything away from your comment, but shouldn’t we also point the finger at corporate supermarkets that choke profit margins for producers?

Re:Weed-killing chemical found in majority of U.S. urine sam... by idiotsecant on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @09:59AM (#32070051)
Is there an industry where we can't make that argument? When the choice is either A) making money by poisoning customers or B) Making no money by not poisoning customers I think there is a pretty clear cut correct moral choice and an incorrect one. There will always be someone downstream trying to make themselves richer by making you poorer, that doesn't mean you get to cut dangerous corners to make yourself richer by making your customers sicker.