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Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by m00x on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:39PM (#37907028)
Not only does it work, it's by far the safest herbicide we've used so far. People love to complain about herbicides, pesticides and fungicides, but they're the same people who would complain if their food was suddenly 8x the price because farm yields would go back to the pitiful amount it was before we had these chemicals.

I've worked in agriculture for a couple years while doing my Biology undergrad. People who used chemicals had a HUGE increase in yields vs others.

Be thankful we're not longer using things like Agent Orange and DDT.

Re:Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chroni... by msandford on Monday October 16, 2023 @06:13PM (#37907401)
Yeah that's all fair.

But the problem is that since as the safety improves so does how people use it. More safe means we can use more since it's not as scary.

It's so safe we can spray it on the wheat two weeks before harvest to make sure it's good and dry. Hopefully it doesn't rain!