Roundup herbicide ingredient connected to epidemic levels of chronic kidney disease

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[–]hfxB0oyA[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Surprise, surprise.

[–]In-the-clouds 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm surprised to learn that glyphosate, when bound to certain metal ions, can persist in the water for up to seven years. It is a good idea to use a water filter and to stop all use of glyphosate (and Fluoride, which was also mentioned in this article). Good for Sri Lanka in banning glyphosate.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The first step in laboratory preparation of samples was to centrifuge the water samples and throw away any solids. What was in the solids?

I'll tell you: it was the invalidation of the entire study. Test the whole sample or fuck right off.

The non-endemic wells had maximum detected amounts over double the 75% amount of endemic wells for the three headline investigation chemicals. That's a stonking HUGE overlap!

Table S6 was interesting and I am (very)-mildly curious as to why they went with the headline they did instead of calling it possibly a deficiency of beryllium, cadmium or thallium in the water.

It's good they're looking. It's bad they're not looking at the whole sample!