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Decapentaplegia t1_ixzvbuw wrote

Reply to comment by Jealous-Pop-8997 in Glyphosate associated with lower birth weights by Jealous-Pop-8997

I'm not denying that glyphosate does harmful things to cells if you expose them to preposterously high concentrations. I'm arguing that such studies have no relevance. Consumers ingest about 0.5 mg of gly daily, that's far lower than any of the studies showing harm.

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Jealous-Pop-8997 OP t1_ixzx3lc wrote

No I mean harm done in the doses regularly found in residues

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Decapentaplegia t1_iy0086b wrote

Can you cite some example studies?

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eng050599 t1_iy11w2i wrote

There's nothing capable of showing causal effects.

All of that data supports the current toxicity metrics.

What we tend to see are underpowered studies with little replication...if any, non-standard techniques, unsubstantiated deviations from established protocols, and of course, passing off of molecular fishing expositions, as being able to accurately determine treatment effects.

Consider that the OP posted a study where the authors state that their results shouldn't be extrapolated to represent normal pregnancies.

Having the entire study population comprised of high risk pregnancies is a major issue.

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