Scary stuff .. I have seen up close family members undergoing treatment for a different cancer. Believe me, it is harsh, changes the rest of your life for the worse.
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Consider living in a townhouse and never having to handle these toxic chemicals ever. And saving oodles of your time for more fun stuff.
Right? Grow some wild flowers instead of grass and plant some f*ckin trees. Americans love their yards but dont plant any trees. You know what creates shade?
I realized my rant is charged and unhinged. But idc. I hope at least 1 person sees this and pays the $200 to hire someone to plant a young tree in their yard.
Maybe I’m unique but growing up part of my chores (or punishment) as a kid was weeding - weeding the vegetable garden, weeding flower beds, weeding the stone driveway etc. - we would have never used chemicals around the house or on things you’re going to eat - we were definitely not a super “environmentally conscious” household but that just seemed like common sense…
Dow Chemicals created a pesticide called Picloram, that apparently is behind the rise of colorectal cancer in young adults. And it hasn’t been reviewed by the EPA since the 90s but now a new study establishes the link between the pesticide - which is still legal to use - and this cancer epidemic.
Link to the study discussed: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04342-5
Scary stuff .. I have seen up close family members undergoing treatment for a different cancer. Believe me, it is harsh, changes the rest of your life for the worse. .. Consider living in a townhouse and never having to handle these toxic chemicals ever. And saving oodles of your time for more fun stuff.
Or just don't use pesticides for your residential property.
Right? Grow some wild flowers instead of grass and plant some f*ckin trees. Americans love their yards but dont plant any trees. You know what creates shade?
I realized my rant is charged and unhinged. But idc. I hope at least 1 person sees this and pays the $200 to hire someone to plant a young tree in their yard.
Maybe I’m unique but growing up part of my chores (or punishment) as a kid was weeding - weeding the vegetable garden, weeding flower beds, weeding the stone driveway etc. - we would have never used chemicals around the house or on things you’re going to eat - we were definitely not a super “environmentally conscious” household but that just seemed like common sense…
Why a townhouse?
Dow Chemicals created a pesticide called Picloram, that apparently is behind the rise of colorectal cancer in young adults. And it hasn’t been reviewed by the EPA since the 90s but now a new study establishes the link between the pesticide - which is still legal to use - and this cancer epidemic.
Herbicide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picloram
Maybe not exactly the same thing but related:
Supreme Court to hear arguments in landmark Roundup weedkiller case
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923121
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