Interesting article about gylphosate and cancer

On both sides of the Atlantic a battle is raging between starkly opposed views of what science tells us about risks to our health emanating from our surroundings, including our food, water, and the wider environment.

This battle often pits advocates, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), politicians, and partisan scientists, who have little ability or inclination to evaluate the evidence on its merits, against scientists and regulators who confine themselves to evaluating the evidence but are typically characterized as corrupt apologists for industry. Unfortunately, confining oneself to the scientific issues simply does not have the same impact in the public arena as holding up the specter of an imminent threat to our well-being, and the less sensationalist party in this lop-sided contest is often left to tear its hair out in frustration.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffreykabat/2016/11/21/while-unlikely-to-be-carcinogenic-the-herbicide-glyphosate-is-a-symptom-of-a-deep-social-pathology/#7e624f515c46

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Green Girl Garden Care November 21, 2016 at 10:21pm

Sorry didn't make a link.
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  Gary RK > Green Girl Garden Care November 21, 2016 at 10:29pm
  
  Clickable link created....
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    Green Girl Garden Care > Gary RK November 21, 2016 at 11:02pm
    
    Ta
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Daisy Lacey November 22, 2016 at 11:29am

Not an easy read but a good article. It's so difficult to know who to believe! I'm not sure the IARC have taken the correct approach with their classification system.

It won't be going without a fight, there is too much at stake. Monsanto is pretty confident there's nothing to worry about, I hope they are right.... http://www.monsanto.com/iarc-roundup/pages/default.aspx
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  Richard Gadsby > Daisy Lacey November 22, 2016 at 4:42pm
  
  I think a bigger worry is if they ban it what's next?
  Some of the new ones being trialled are supposed to be worse as you need to use GM crops to use them!
  In agri and to an extent commercial maintenance works you need these chemicals. Private residential work I never need to use any!
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Steven Mills November 22, 2016 at 7:44pm

Then there's this....

http://www.naturalnews.com/056115_glyphosate_lawsuits_Monsanto_canc...
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  Green Girl Garden Care > Steven Mills November 22, 2016 at 8:28pm
  
  Nothing of substance in that article a bunch of hearsay and no science or sources. Completely biased site full of click bait
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Steven Mills November 22, 2016 at 9:12pm

He does cite two main sources which expand further on the lawsuit being filed and the details surrounding it.

http://www.naturalblaze.com/2016/11/lawsuits-against-monsantos-roun...

http://gmwatch.org/news/latest-news/16515-monsanto-s-secret-studies...
Andrew Midgley November 22, 2016 at 9:46pm

I have to admit I hate using chemicals myself. Personally I think Round Up and other similar products are overused both professionally and by homeowners. The number of times I see people using them without any PPE or using it in inappropriate weather conditions is worrying.
john jones November 22, 2016 at 11:37pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM

if I've done that right this is quite funny. If you want to be believed put your money where your mouth is.