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What you need to know about a popular weed killer’s alleged link to cancer
PBS ^ | Apr 8, 2019 9:00 AM EDT | Kaiser Health News

Posted on 04/08/2019 7:48:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

Enviromentalists hate safe and effective weed killers.


21 posted on 04/08/2019 8:36:05 PM PDT by robel
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To: Cold Heart

[[A newly affixed sticker warned there were substances in the vehicle thought to cause cancer.]]

That’s only if you ingest your truck


22 posted on 04/08/2019 8:37:06 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: BenLurkin

Well, I just splashed bunch of it on myself when I mishandled a new sprayer under pressure the other day... so I guess I am doomed.

But happily the dadburned weeds are going to die first. I am fed up with the losing battle of trying to pull or weedwack invasive weeds in a state with a year round rowing season, and too old to do it anyway.

I guess it never occurred to these morons that a person who uses this stuff a lot as part of their profession also uses scores of other chemicals as we, and doubtless has much more UV exposure from the sun than average, and may be really into say, weed or Corona. How do they now the extra cases of cancer aren’t from any of the other hundreds of substances they have used or consumed, or some combination thereof?


23 posted on 04/08/2019 8:38:04 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: BenLurkin
The best non-toxic solution for killing weeds is good old elbow grease: Get a trowel and dig them out.

Yeah that's how some of my ancestors used to do it....

But then they outlawed slavery and it takes a lot more "elbow grease" when you're farming 580 acres.

(Dumbass reporters)
24 posted on 04/08/2019 8:38:07 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: BenLurkin

Wouldn’t Monsanto employees have a similarly higher rate of non-Hodgkin lymphoma?


25 posted on 04/08/2019 8:39:36 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: RedMonqey

In the Corn Belt, 1,000 acres of soybeans or corn is considered a part-time job.


26 posted on 04/08/2019 8:40:10 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: KarlInOhio

The State of California isn’t smart enough to ‘know’ anything. The entire legislature probably has an aggregate IQ of 68.


27 posted on 04/08/2019 8:42:12 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: hardspunned

1-1-1 Trichloroethane worked for me.


28 posted on 04/08/2019 8:42:15 PM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: jjotto

Yeah, those fellas took Earl Butz’s comment to “Go Big or Get out” seriously.

Too bad these same farms have to deal with droughts, wind and cold us Tennessee boys only see once in a decade or so.


29 posted on 04/08/2019 8:42:23 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Jeff Gordon
Don't scoff. 100% of cancer victims have been exposed to gravity. The only reason this connection hasn't yet been established in court is that the tort lawyers haven't figured out who to sue. /sarc

Roundup is a target because it is manufactured by Monsanto, which has been thoroughly demonized for its leadership in developing genetically modified crops. Roundup is the agronomic complement to Roundup ready GMO's. Attacks on Roundup are thus seen by the luddite left as an indirect attack on GMO's. And since the EU countries don't want to compete against U.S. production agriculture, the Europeans prostitute the science to create non-tariff trade barriers. Junk science is highly politicized because it provides cover for dishonest agendas.

30 posted on 04/08/2019 8:42:26 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: dynachrome

Foes a number on poison oak and ivy. Killed my holly bush though


31 posted on 04/08/2019 8:43:22 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: piasa
Wouldn’t Monsanto employees have a similarly higher rate of non-Hodgkin lymphoma?

Logic is known to the state of California to cause cancer.

32 posted on 04/08/2019 8:44:03 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Robert DeLong

>Nothing but lies. Been using it for decades with no negative results.

I’ve been using it for decades. it’s akin to saying eating fast food on a regular basis is bad for your health. Total BS.


33 posted on 04/08/2019 8:46:21 PM PDT by ConsCA
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To: BenLurkin

You won’t need to use it if you lime your soil and get the PH down below 6. Most weeds thrive in high alkaline soil and if it rains a lot, you will need to lime often.


34 posted on 04/08/2019 8:46:37 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
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To: TigersEye

Why oh why do we not have a like button?


35 posted on 04/08/2019 8:46:45 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: jjotto

Our great grandfather used to take his steam tractor and combine out to the Great Plains when their wheat harvest came in. His crew would work at night if there was a full moon and he didn’t come home til his contracts were filled. about six weeks, more or less. Got some photos I’d share if I knew how to get them uploaded.

Yes, steam engines. Made real good money(This was in the teens...1900s)


36 posted on 04/08/2019 8:47:17 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Still Thinking

Thanks!


37 posted on 04/08/2019 8:53:24 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: BenLurkin

2% of the population get non-Hodgken Lymphoma? I must run with a really lucky crowd since I have only known one person who had it.

I’ve used glyphosate for ages. So far, so good.

The chick should try using elbow grease on miles of fence line before she dismisses the need for a good general herbicide.


38 posted on 04/08/2019 8:53:31 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just hava few days that don't suck.)
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To: BenLurkin
"You may have sprayed it on your lawn or garden."
only if you want to kill every thing or have rounup ready plants.
39 posted on 04/08/2019 8:59:16 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: Sequoyah101

2%? Not hardly!


40 posted on 04/08/2019 8:59:46 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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