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>Sadly the damage from this stuff is already done.

What is the damage that has been done?

>Glyphosate should be banned, destroyed and removed from the planet.

Why, though? You haven't stated any reason why you feel this way.

> Its impact will last generations.

What, specifically, is the impact to which you refer?



>What is the damage that has been done?

For one thing, huge impacts on native insects, which has domino effects across ecosystems which rely on them for pollination and food.


> What is the damage that has been done?

Runoff from crops getting into aquifers, rivers, reservoirs which turns into drinking water for humans. Later it will rain contaminated water all over our properties, gardens, bodies


>Runoff from crops getting into aquifers, rivers, reservoirs which turns into drinking water for humans.

What is the damage being done here? You've mentioned how something happens but not what that something is.


> What is the damage being done here?

It'll sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids, duh.


Don't drink the water, fish excrete urea in it!


Impact to fish waterlife, the direct affect of creating cancer in humans in short order, the impact to the insect food life cycle which affect the entire chain.

Its a killer. There is no arguing that - and seriously ALL of it ends up in the water. The most important resource on the planet.

I am surprised I have to even say this.

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>>>>the direct affect of creating cancer in humans in short order

>>>>Where does this come from? There have been no recorded cases to support this claim.

Jeasus christ, before you try to shut something down, know your facts:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-monsanto-cancer-lawsuit-i...

Its one of the reasons Monsanto merged with Bayer - to "cleanse" the name of the fact that glyphosate is liquid cancer in a bottle.


I can no longer edit my original reply so I have to create this new one to address your edit.

>Jeasus christ, before you try to shut something down, know your facts:

>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-monsanto-cancer-lawsuit-i...

The article you link discusses a legal case. It isn't a finding in research of glyphosate being a carcinogen. Indeed the article describes this fact in the very last paragraph.

I'm not sure what facts you expect me to glean from this piece but there are none supporting glyphosate as a carcinogen.

>Its one of the reasons Monsanto merged with Bayer - to "cleanse" the name of the fact that glyphosate is liquid cancer in a bottle.

This is hyperbole.


>Impact to fish waterlife, the direct affect of creating cancer in humans in short order, the impact to the insect food life cycle which affect the entire chain.

>Its a killer. There is no arguing that - and seriously ALL of it ends up in the water. The most important resource on the planet.

I'm sorry but the research just doesn't agree.

>Impact to fish waterlife

What is the impact you are referring to? An impact can be anywhere from barely observable to catastrophic. There have been many studies on the impact of glyphosate on water life. Nothing so far has conclusively ascertained a significant threat.

>the direct affect of creating cancer in humans in short order

Where does this come from? There have been no recorded cases to support this claim.

>the impact to the insect food life cycle which affect the entire chain.

Again, what is the magnitude of impact to which you refer? Saying something has impact, without further context, is almost meaningless.

>Its a killer. There is no arguing that

Killer of what?

>I am surprised I have to even say this.

Not much has been said short of broad claims and generalizations without any supporting information.




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