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NickB79

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9. A lot of things cause oxidative stress biomarkers. Obesity causes it. Smoking causes it

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2023, 05:30 PM

Jan 2023

Drinking as well. A poor diet. Too much red meat. Insufficient exercise. TOO much exercise. Vaping. Unsurprisingly, all of these things are linked to cancer.

Given how 70% of all Americans are overweight or obese, and most of the remainder either drink, smoke, or vape, you'd have to have a VERY carefully constructed study to tease the glyphosate-associated response out from all the other ones, to see how much of an impact it has.

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People exposed to weedkiller chemical have cancer biomarkers in urine - study [View all] Wicked Blue Jan 2023 OP

Damn ... RKP5637 Jan 2023 #1

I eat organic. gab13by13 Jan 2023 #2

Most of the danger is from physical exposure. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #6

I would never trust cilla4progress Jan 2023 #3

We've known for decades how bad Roundup and glyphosphate are. But Bayer owns the product, Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #4

Unfortunately for my wife, the sentence ends after the word cancer. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #5

I'm so sorry about your wife Wicked Blue Jan 2023 #7

You were smarter than most... Ferrets are Cool Jan 2023 #8

A lot of things cause oxidative stress biomarkers. Obesity causes it. Smoking causes it NickB79 Jan 2023 #9