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RE: tox-blog #2: Glyphosate and the problem of conflicting studies.
What the Seralili glyphosate study proved.... that if you give Roundup to rats that develop cancers 80% of the time by adulthood, 80% of the rats will develop cancer by adulthood.
What the neonicotinoid studies now prove.... that if you give huge doses of insecticide to insects, they die.
We need much MUCH better science reporting, because right now they will publish any shit you throw at them.
Well, the Seralini study was a) paid for by greenpeace and b) widely critized in the scientific community. The publication had to be withdrawn due to errors in methodology and statistics.
But of course, the public read a lot about the study and much less about its skeptical reception in the scientific community or even the withdrawal.
So I agree that scientific reporting has to get better. The media should hire people that can read a study and interpret it in a professional way.