Its presence in food should require labeling so that consumers can make an informed decision and the market can reach consensus. The world is big enough for everyone to disagree about what's safe to be in our food, and for everyone to still get what they want, but it only works with transparency.<p>For example, US PIRG tested 20 beer and wine brands and found that 19 contained glyphosate, but how does the consumer know? <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-beer-wine-2630077686.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-beer-wine-2630077686.htm...</a><p>Here's a page with citations to relevant research: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945755/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945755/</a>
Is there actually any consensus as to whether it does cause cancer, or how much you have to use it for ill effects? All I ever see in these stories are a list of lawsuits in CA (which doesn't count for much, TBH), various places it's been banned "as a precaution", and much rejoicing in the peanut gallery because bad things are happening to Monsanto.
The patent on it (and the roundup-ready crops) has expired, so there is a strong financial incentive for the company behind it to ban it's own product.
The patent for Roundup has expired, which is why there are a lot of generic versions of glyphosate also now available. So this isn't really just about Monsanto / Bayer?
So safe you can drink it!! suuuuuuure....<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM</a>
Strange..<p>> The final assessment of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority in 2017 was that "glyphosate does not pose a carcinogenic risk to humans".<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_%28herbicide%29" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_%28herbicide%29</a>
I couldn’t agree more. This is “Roundup”, primarily marketed by the most despicable rent-seeking companies that try their hardest to exploit asymmetric markets and push risk - including health risk - onto farmers.
>Glyphosate, which was totally banned by Austria’s parliament on Tuesday, is the world’s most widely used herbicide but there have been growing attempts around the world to stop its use.<p>There is no ideal “all natural” world. The truth is, you will not be able to feed 7 billion people without using pesticides. With glyphosate, we have a chemical that has seen use for decades in large amounts and even now the case for it actually being harmful to humans is pretty weak. What will happen is that because you need pesticides to support the crop yields necessary for 7 billion people, you will end up with a less well tested pesticide that will end up causing even more problems.