The herbicide ingredient used to replace glyphosate in Roundup and other weedkiller products can kill gut bacteria and damage organs in multiple ways, new research shows.
The ingredient, diquat, is widely employed in the US as a weedkiller in vineyards and orchards, and is increasingly sprayed elsewhere as the use of controversial herbicide substances such as glyphosate and paraquat drops in the US.
But the new piece of data suggests diquat is more toxic than glyphosate, and the substance is banned over its risks in the UK, EU, China and many other countries. Still, the EPA has resisted calls for a ban, and Roundup formulas with the ingredient hit the shelves last year.
Stop the research! Stop testing! Nothing to see here.
“Why are young Americans getting colon cancer so often?”
An entirely safe substance that is a poison for something else is hard to come by
I’m sure RFK Jr. is on the case and will fix it. Any day now…
Same old story, all over again: bad thing bad, replace with even worse thing
Makes me wonder how we ever made any progress sometimes
Diquat is also thought to be a neurotoxin, carcinogen and linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Fucking hell is the United States ever going to be able to recover after this blatant corruption by corporations?
They’re guarding most of the doors and holding all of the keys. It’s been made nearly impossible to fix the current system, by design. Scorched earth is the only way you undo 100+ years of corporate law making them infinitely lived yet no one personally accountable.
