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Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Re: Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Post by qup »

whalesalad wrote: post #44
mandmandam wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know we're supposed to all pretend they don't exist and never talk about them, per the site "guidelines", but there is no doubt in my mind that Monsanto / Bayer / Roundup / Glyphosate goons are all over this right now. They swarm over stories like this. They gaslight and toxify, flag and bait. They're going to hit this one especially hard, because it's so important.

The unfortunate overlap between hackers and monsanto is that the climate corporation (owned by them) is actually a pretty big user of the Clojure language.

...why is that important? They probably use javascript, too. And a half-dozen other languages.

Re: Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Post by cbmuser »

candiddevmike wrote: post #2

Glyphosate is being found in US drinking water too: - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486281/ - https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/risk/... The common message is Glyphosate has a very short (ish) half life in soil. What happens when it enters the water table first?

Everything is found everywhere with modern analytical methods in chemistry.

Re: Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Post by ipaddr »

burke wrote: post #53
hammock wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is fluoride in drinking water toxic? I thought they added it on purpose to help our teeth or something

Fluoride in drinking water is a kind of truly marginal level of harm that’s perfectly designed to trigger paranoid libertarians. A tiny amount of fluoride is helpful for bones and especially teeth. Fluoridated toothpaste covers this need perfectly, but many people don’t use it. Fluoride in drinking water covers this need also but (arguably) brings along small risks of symptoms of slight excess fluoride consumption. T…

They have studied it and it does cause issues.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34597567/#:~:text=Excess%20a....

Re: Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Post by gruez »

user3939382 wrote: post #59

Remember when Bayer (who now owns Monsanto) intentionally sold HIV infected blood in South America? The people that own these companies would sell their own grandmother for $5. They’re poisoning the world, as science and litigation they couldn’t buy their way out of has evidenced, and we get people on here “hacktually”ing their defense. Glyphosate is used for only one reason, it’s profitable for Monsanto.

>Glyphosate is used for only one reason, it’s profitable for Monsanto.

"iPhones are used for one reason, it's profitable for Apple"

"pizzas are eaten for one reason, it's profitable for Pizza Hut"

Re: Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Post by kmbfjr »

declan_roberts wrote: post #72

What I don't get is crop dissection with roundup and other herbicides. They'll spray a whole field of wheat with the stuff to dry it out. It's not like you can simply wash off your flour before using it.

I have never seen that application, as I live in farming central of Michigan.

But I would not doubt someone thinks this is a good idea to speed to-market for extremely large fields. Most of those use contract harvesters on very tight schedules.

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Post by ses1984 »

profsummergig wrote: post #89
algoatecorn wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

Has anyone here tried the bespoke home-made weed-icide made with vinegar + salt + dish-soap? If yes, was it effective? A cursory google search suggests the internet is divided on this.

Has anyone tried not using any pesticides or herbicides on their yard?

I haven’t dropped anything on my yard except for grass seed in 15 years and it’s fine. So what if there are some weeds on it.

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Post by gruez »

algoatecorn wrote: post #93
Podgajski wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Is this an AI-generated comment? Nothing about the article mentions herbicide

Yep. Seems like OP saw "roundup" in the title and thought it was related to roundup the product.

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Post by whalesalad »

qup wrote: post #111
whalesalad wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The unfortunate overlap between hackers and monsanto is that the climate corporation (owned by them) is actually a pretty big user of the Clojure language.

...why is that important? They probably use javascript, too. And a half-dozen other languages.

HN is the main watering hole for anyone doing lisp development.

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Post by LinuxBender »

profsummergig wrote: post #89
algoatecorn wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

Has anyone here tried the bespoke home-made weed-icide made with vinegar + salt + dish-soap? If yes, was it effective? A cursory google search suggests the internet is divided on this.

Yes, it will kill most things. Not great in the fields that need to grow grass for the horses to eat but works on most other things. I also use a propane torch mini flamethrower which is most fun on the Henbane. My disclaimer should I post incoherent comments at times...

Re: Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic chronic kidney disease

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Post by colordrops »

jaredhallen wrote: post #85
user3939382 wrote: post #59

Remember when Bayer (who now owns Monsanto) intentionally sold HIV infected blood in South America? The people that own these companies would sell their own grandmother for $5. They’re poisoning the world, as science and litigation they couldn’t buy their way out of has evidenced, and we get people on here “hacktually”ing their defense. Glyphosate is used for only one reason, it’s profitable for Monsanto.

Glyphosate is used because it works.

It "works". It kills weeds but there are externalities that are not accounted for with such a narrow view.
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