I think the Roundup thing REALLY infuriates me because I live in farm country. And I’ve seen so, so many farmers around here die of cancer young.
Shit. I’ve lost family young to, specifically, non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. I’ve watched them plant roundup-ready corn and soybeans and spray roundup by the thousands of gallons, and then die in misery and drown in medical debt. And we’ve always suspected it was the chemicals that did it, but of course Monsanto always claimed that of course it wasn’t, that it was PERFECTLY SAFE.
And now there it is, in court documents, that they lied. They knew the whole time and they lied.
Glyphosate Use and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study
Gabriella Andreotti Stella Koutros Jonathan N Hofmann Dale P Sandler Jay H Lubin Charles F Lynch Catherine C Lerro Anneclaire J De Roos Christine G Parks Michael C Alavanja … Show more
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 110, Issue 5, 1 May 2018, Pages 509–516, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djx233
Published: 09 November 2017
Abstract
Background
Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide worldwide, with both residential and agricultural uses. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” noting strong mechanistic evidence and positive associations for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in some epidemiologic studies. A previous evaluation in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) with follow-up through 2001 found no statistically significant associations with glyphosate use and cancer at any site.
Methods
The AHS is a prospective cohort of licensed pesticide applicators from North Carolina and Iowa. Here, we updated the previous evaluation of glyphosate with cancer incidence from registry linkages through 2012 (North Carolina)/2013 (Iowa). Lifetime days and intensity-weighted lifetime days of glyphosate use were based on self-reported information from enrollment (1993–1997) and follow-up questionnaires (1999–2005). We estimated incidence rate ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using Poisson regression, controlling for potential confounders, including use of other pesticides. All statistical tests were two-sided.
Results
Among 54 251 applicators, 44 932 (82.8%) used glyphosate, including 5779 incident cancer cases (79.3% of all cases). In unlagged analyses, glyphosate was not statistically significantly associated with cancer at any site. However, among applicators in the highest exposure quartile, there was an increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) compared with never users (RR = 2.44, 95% CI = 0.94 to 6.32, Ptrend = .11), though this association was not statistically significant. Results for AML were similar with a five-year (RRQuartile 4 = 2.32, 95% CI = 0.98 to 5.51, Ptrend = .07) and 20-year exposure lag (RRTertile 3 = 2.04, 95% CI = 1.05 to 3.97, Ptrend = .04).
Conclusions
In this large, prospective cohort study, no association was apparent between glyphosate and any solid tumors or lymphoid malignancies overall, including NHL and its subtypes. There was some evidence of increased risk of AML among the highest exposed group that requires confirmation.
You know, a huge part of this case was the fact that Monsanto and the EPA colluded to ‘fix’ studies on Roundup and hide any research contradicting the company claim that it was harmless. They routinely paid off scientists and editors of scientific journals to ensure that any research contradicting the company line was killed, and churned out study after study claiming that it was safe. There are internal Monsanto memos that confirm this.
If you want a look at the primary court documents they are public record and available right here.
THIS EXACT STUDY that you cite, incidentally, was pointed out in court to have limited value due to many flaws in methodology and design.
