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California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing

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Re: California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing

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Post by c0nducktr »

tptacek wrote: post #6

Here's the current California Prop 65 list. It's... extensive. https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65//p65sing... I don't think this means as much as the headline makes it sound like. In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings. California cognitive dissonance: the science suggesting carcinogenicity of acrylamide, which is present --- in significant amounts ---…

> In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings.

Well, alcohol is a carcinogen. Why not label it as such?

Re: California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing

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Post by spraak »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #16
spraak wrote: post #8

Even when I've been outside of California I've noticed the "known to the State of California to cause..." warnings. I wonder why

It's because most products in the US are sold in multiple states, including California, and the logistics of ensuring your "known to cause cancer in California" warnings are only printed on the "California version" of those products just isn't worth the effort. Better to just have one version of your product that can be sold in any state.

Aha! Thanks for explaining.

Re: California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing

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Post by DanBC »

tptacek wrote: post #6

Here's the current California Prop 65 list. It's... extensive. https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65//p65sing... I don't think this means as much as the headline makes it sound like. In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings. California cognitive dissonance: the science suggesting carcinogenicity of acrylamide, which is present --- in significant amounts ---…

> In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings.

You make that sound like a dumb move, but alcohol is linked to several cancer, and people who drink alcohol need to know that drinking is raising their risk of several different types of cancer.

Whether prop 65 is the right way to do that is another matter.

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Post by kennydude »

strictnein wrote: post #19
UtahDave wrote: post #14

California thinks EVERYTHING is cancer causing. I took my kids to Disneyland last year and right after the security screen there was a Prop 65 sign saying (roughly) that "Disneyland contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer". How is that helpful at all?

It's as helpful as the cookie notifications on all the European websites.

EU Cookie law was mostly to deter the use of tracking tools (and actually allows them for login etc) but people ignored it and just slapped banners on.

Re: California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing

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Post by luckydude »

rudedogg wrote: post #26

I switched from using RoundUp to a vinegar/salt/dish soap solution this summer and can't believe how well it works. It seems to be just as effective as RoundUp.

What are you putting it on? Does it kill everything or just the subset that you want? What's the mixture ratios?

If it worked on scotch broom I'd be forever grateful.

Thanks!

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Post by mostlyskeptical »

c0nducktr wrote: post #21
tptacek wrote: post #6

Here's the current California Prop 65 list. It's... extensive. https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65//p65sing... I don't think this means as much as the headline makes it sound like. In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings. California cognitive dissonance: the science suggesting carcinogenicity of acrylamide, which is present --- in significant amounts ---…

> In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings. Well, alcohol is a carcinogen. Why not label it as such?

That was just one example of how everything is labeled a carcinogen there.

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Post by pizzetta »

tptacek wrote: post #6

Here's the current California Prop 65 list. It's... extensive. https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65//p65sing... I don't think this means as much as the headline makes it sound like. In the State of California, alcoholic beverages are also carcinogens requiring warnings. California cognitive dissonance: the science suggesting carcinogenicity of acrylamide, which is present --- in significant amounts ---…

The state should find a new scientific threshold to use before issuing these warnings. The items added are so extensive that it renders the designation almost meaningless. You become desensitized to these things.

Why lump wine in with something clearly dangerous like asbestos? (Curiously Serpentine is the state rock).

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