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CmonPeopleGetReal 1 point ago +2 / -1

Yeah if you drink it straight by the cup. You know what else does? gasoline, and exhaust emissions if you worked inside a non ventilated building and breathe it all day straight. Probably toothpaste causes cancer if you swallow enough every day.

Glyphosate is applied at a measurement of ounces per acre, an Acre is about the same size as a football field without the end zones. It's fucking huge.

Nobody here would talk about banning the gasoline engine because emissions lead to extremely small possibilities of cancer for most people. If the shit was so bad farmers would all be dying and scared to use it, they mix it about 1 pint into 50 gallons of water.

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CmonPeopleGetReal 0 points ago +1 / -1

Why, we are talking about it in the context of food. and the use of glyphosate, as used currently, does not cause cancer. Farmers are exposed to this shit way more than the minor remnants that may be on the public's corn husks, and they aren't dropping dead of cancer or scared to use it.

The shit is a miracle of modern farming, without it the fields would be riddled with nasty ass weeds. Food would be way more expensive, and way less readily available.