Glyphosate Isn’t Giving You Cancer
Why RoundUp is probably fine for your health
Nothing engenders fear in our modern society quite like the thought that we are being slowly poisoned en masse by pollutants in our food and water. From fluoride in the taps to pesticides in our fruit and vegetables, there’s nothing quite so scary as being told that you might be at risk of disease from something you can’t see and can do nothing about.
Which is where we get the glyphosate controversy.
News stories have exploded recently — as they do every 3 months or so — screaming that glyphosate is a cancer-causing evil that causes a 41% increase in people who are exposed to the chemical.
Glyphosate, commercially sold as the weedkiller RoundUp, is one of the most common products used in the world today. Because of this, it has been researched extensively — virtually everyone in our society is exposed to some amount of it, so we are really interested in whether it is bad for our health.
After decades of research, we can safely say that glyphosate is not harmful to the average person. Despite the recent research, it’s unlikely that glyphosate…
