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In reply to the discussion: condemning Monsanto with bad science is dumb [View all]KT2000
(20,544 posts)of research needed to fully understand the effects of glyphosate. It has exposed pathways for illness to result. They have pointed researchers into the direction that further testing should go.
There are many toxic products in our environment and that has been caused by the failure of our so-called science establishment. By allowing itself to become trapped in the "causation" standard, science has proved to have become neutered in its ability to protect health. As you know, definitive causation is impossible to prove but it keeps everyone employed and the products pouring into the market.
The trending illnesses in our society deserve attention - chronic illnesses, autoimmune diseases, brain impairment (ADD, ADHD, autism, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's etc.) increased childhood cancers because we cannot support this level of disability (see Sequester solutions).
This paper looks at the potential role of glyphosate - a product that is ubiquitous in our environment, including food.