08-18-2018, 07:36 AM
Two diametrically opposed news stories about Roundup from the last few days. If you have time, read them both in their entirety. There’s a lot of useful info in both beyond statistics, such as, in what manner is information compiled, disseminated, and released to the public, informing or influencing them to believe what they choose to believe?
Roundup Bad:
On Wednesday, the prominent consumer-advocacy group Environmental Working Group, or EWG, released a report that found glyphosate, a common herbicide, in breakfast foods. The report, which focuses on cereals, granola bars, and oatmeal, determined that out of the 45 products tested, only two were free from traces of the herbicide. Twelve samples contained amounts of glyphosate that were lower than what the EWG believes is harmful to consume, and 31 of the samples contained levels of glyphosate higher than this benchmark.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...sy/567784/
Roundup Not Definitively Proven Bad:
The Environmental Working Group knows how to play the media like a goddamn piano. They take a category of healthy things we all use—sunscreen, makeup, vegetables, now cereal—and divide them into “safe” and “toxic” categories. You better know the difference, they imply.
Most recently they looked for glyphosate, a common weedkiller used in farming, in oat based cereals. They found only the tiniest traces, well under anybody’s safety benchmarks, so there’s really no story here. But with the right spin, the report—which is a press release, not peer-reviewed science—made headlines.
https://vitals.lifehacker.com/no-your-ce...1828424844
“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” - President Donald J. Trump, 7/25/18
Roundup Bad:
On Wednesday, the prominent consumer-advocacy group Environmental Working Group, or EWG, released a report that found glyphosate, a common herbicide, in breakfast foods. The report, which focuses on cereals, granola bars, and oatmeal, determined that out of the 45 products tested, only two were free from traces of the herbicide. Twelve samples contained amounts of glyphosate that were lower than what the EWG believes is harmful to consume, and 31 of the samples contained levels of glyphosate higher than this benchmark.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...sy/567784/
Roundup Not Definitively Proven Bad:
The Environmental Working Group knows how to play the media like a goddamn piano. They take a category of healthy things we all use—sunscreen, makeup, vegetables, now cereal—and divide them into “safe” and “toxic” categories. You better know the difference, they imply.
Most recently they looked for glyphosate, a common weedkiller used in farming, in oat based cereals. They found only the tiniest traces, well under anybody’s safety benchmarks, so there’s really no story here. But with the right spin, the report—which is a press release, not peer-reviewed science—made headlines.
https://vitals.lifehacker.com/no-your-ce...1828424844
“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” - President Donald J. Trump, 7/25/18
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves