It's been hot. The laptop has had some siesta time. I've spent some time in town. I found only two links, both at the same place.
Glyphosate Awareness
Sasha Latypova presents an interesting corrective to the frankly stupid "if anything is dangerous it must be dangerous because it's the SOLE and WHOLE cause of cancer" version of Glyphosate Awareness. Nothing is the sole and whole cause of cancer, though many things, including glyphosate, are pro-cancer factors. Many people who've used DDT never got cancer. Many people who smoked cigarettes all their lives didn't get cancer. Many people who had X-ray scans daily didn't get cancer. And apparently, in some places, the pro-cancer factors in town cause more cancer faster than the "pesticides," hormones, and antibiotics on the farm.
(And yes, glyphosate is classified as an antibiotic, though it's not used as such since it's likely to make more patients sicker than the bacteria would do. It promotes the growth of fungi and reduces resistance to virus and, apparently, to intestinal worms, but it does kill some bacteria. Your body can kill bacteria more efficiently without some "antibiotics.")
Latypova's link still gives only the abstract and some "snippets" of an important glyphosate study; that's more than the last report I found online. If you can get this report free of charge at school, I recommend printing copies.
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