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Yo_Mama

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13. I don't think it does. Try reading FactCheck on the topic of zika

Reply to TDale313 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 03:00 PM

Feb 2016

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/the-facts-about-zika/

First, it is likely that previously, Brazil underreported cases of microcephaly compared to the US, for example.

Second, the reported 4,000 cases are the result of a board screening. As each case is evaluated, many are being discarded.

So with over 3 million births, maybe the virus caused injury in 2,500. However, it is a certainty that not all pregnant mothers were infected.

The numbers (please read FactCheck.org) strongly suggest that a chemical in the water isn't at fault, because that would be a much broader exposure.

More will be known in just a few months.

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Is it really Zika Virus, or is it Monsanto? [View all] Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 OP

That sadly makes some sense. TDale313 Feb 2016 #1

Well, there IS this, from the article: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 #7

I don't think it does. Try reading FactCheck on the topic of zika Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #13

Monsanto SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #2

Conspiracy theory territory 21st Century Poet Feb 2016 #3

I am no longer surprised at these stories.....nt 2naSalit Feb 2016 #4

We live in a toxic soup JFKDem62 Feb 2016 #5

I hope they can get to the bottom of it with concrete proof, whatever the cause. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #6

Zika has now been implicated in miscarriages in two women in the US, and one US microcephaly case NickB79 Feb 2016 #8

Looks like they were exposed to the pesticide in the same place they were exposed to Zika. bananas Feb 2016 #9

Also, miscarriages are common - as many as 50% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage bananas Feb 2016 #10

FWIW, Monsanto does not own Sumitomo Chemical, which is an independent company muriel_volestrangler Feb 2016 #11

Right. I didn't see the Monsanto connection. progressoid Feb 2016 #15

This doesn't seem very plausible at all. Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #12

Zika wouldn't be the first disease to cause microcephaly either NickB79 Feb 2016 #14

There are some big problems with this claim. HuckleB Feb 2016 #16

EXPERT REACTION: Is a pesticide, not Zika virus, causing microcephaly? (Not likely.) HuckleB Feb 2016 #17