An executive order aimed at ramping up production of glyphosate set off alarms among supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“Is it evil?”
“Yes.”
“Then fucking do it why do you even ask me for?”
Trump Order Aims to Boost Weedkiller Targeted in Health Lawsuits
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tomiant@piefed.social 13 hours ago
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Christ.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Probably not but as for his followers, this is on par.
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
IMO, the panic about glyphosate’s health impacts is just based on empty hype, most risk assessments I’ve seen show it to be one of the safer herbicides out there.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
If that’s true, why have they lost the lawsuits? Just because it’s “safer” doesn’t mean it’s still not toxic.
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Why does everyone think that OJ Simpson killed his wife after he was acquitted by a jury? Just because you can convince 12 schlubs of something doesn’t make something true or untrue.
silence7@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
A lot of the safety evaluations depended on the now-retracted paper that was secretly written (in part) by Monsanto employees.
Xella@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
What in the actual duck…
silence7@slrpnk.net 16 hours ago
Killing off minorities (who are exposed to more of it) is seen as a feature
tomiant@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Worshipping a gaudy gold leaf calf.