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Glyphosate: a stupid comparison of toxicity data
For some reason, I recently managed to get into a discussion on glyphosate (the active ingredient of Roundup and other herbicidal products) on twitter. 140 characters might be sufficient for exchanging...
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Glyphosate: a stupid comparison of toxicity data (vol 2)
I have recently complained about the use of LD50 values (the amount of a compound that kills half the exposed organisms after a short exposure) to compare and rank the toxicity of glyphosate. Maybe...
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Comments on a recent discussion on the toxicity of Glyphosate and RoundUp
The discussion on Glyphosate & RoundUp (or other Glyphosate containing pesticide products) on Twitter continues. A quite interesting one, actually. I would like to take the opportunity to reply to...
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A comparison between organic and conventional agriculture: you’re missing the...
Michael Clark and David Tilman recently compared organic and conventional agriculture (Clark & Tilman, 2017). The analysis was taken up and republished by “Our World in Data” in a post titled “Is...
View ArticleWhat are Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for pesticides? A short explanation.
In the wake of the recent glyphosate discussion, it became clear that there are some misconceptions on what “Maximum Residue Levels” (MRLs) for pesticides actually are, and whether or not they have any...
View ArticleRebuttal to a Swedish debate article published in Svenska Dagblad
We have just published a rebuttal to a recent debate article on “the cocktail effect” that Martin Larsson (toxicologist from Bayer Crop Sciences in Denmark) published in Svenska Dagblad a couple of...
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Glyphosate in wine: some comments
A study on glyphosate residues in Californian wines caught my eye because Kevin Folta from the University of Florida (@kevinfolta on twitter) tweeted about it. He provided my with a link to the study...
View Article“There are harmful chemicals all around us. And this is fine” No, it’s not.
I recently came across an article published by Dan Gardner, an environmental consultant for Tactix in Ottawa, with the provocative title “There are harmful chemicals all around us. And this is fine“....
View ArticleOur Chemicalized World, episode 2: A chat about Glyphosate
In this episode I critique a recent video on glyphosate that was produced for the Austrian television. I find the clip heavily biased and explain why. Afterwards I talk a bit about some details in a...
View ArticleOur Chemicalized World, episode 4: Microplastics in the environment II
Where do we stand, and what shall we do? In this follow-up to my interview with Martin Wagner in the previous episode, I discuss some recent reviews on microplastic pollution and environmental risks....
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