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the inherent problem is ... scientists really cant run controlled experiments on
humans like they can on animals for this kind of toxicity. So toxicity studies for
humans are retrospective enrolling huge numbers of people and trying to determine
excess diseases without being able to hold anything as a control. What makes it
worse is there is no way of really determining who has and who hasnt had contact once
the toxin is released into the environment.
There was just a bit of junk science on TV last night. Some study found how even
mild exercise like walking reduced cancer rates. Its all complete and utter
nonsense. Anybody can find any association they want using statistics. Without a
mechanism of action all they got is a statistic blip. Ingrid

(Siberian Husky) wrote:
pro-Roundup people can emphasize the chemical is 100% safe on human if
used as directed and stay shy of its effect on salmons which
eventually go to human stomachs. When the anti-Roundup people carry
out experiments trying to prove the toxicity of Roundup on human
beings, they might do 1000 experiments and find nothing, and they
would not say it (if they do they made the experiments more
conclusive). Similarly, the pro-Roundup people, including Monsanto,
might have done 1000 experiments, and they find some "questionable"
results or "suspicious" data which deserve another look, but they
won't tell unless there is a whistleblower.


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