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by rubicon33 1873 days ago
What science are you referring to? The most I've heard about it is the Bayer lawsuit.

"A San Francisco jury initially awarded Johnson $289.2 million after finding the chemical glyphosate in Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma" [1]

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/bayer-glyphosate-lawsuit/bay...

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A jury trial is not science. Juries tend to be swayed by emotions and sticking it go big companies not right. (I can't offer you anything better to replace them though )

There have been many real scientific studies done. https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/epa-finalizes-glyphosate-miti... is the most readable summary

A publication from the EPA citing science, without linking the studies, is also not science.

I honestly do not trust the EPA to do a fair review here, given how deep the connections between big business and government are. It's extremely naïve to assume this was a completely unbiased, purely scientific undertaking.

Your point is fair too, that juries tend to be swayed by emotion. Unfortunately, unless a true third party does an actual scientific review, I'll be avoiding the stuff.