That's maybe a bit oversold. The pesticides Carson was writing about, used at levels common in the 1950's, were toxic on levels basically incomparable to anything in this study. DDT was a terrible carcinogen to the consumer, a near death sentence to the agricultural worker, and nearly wiped out the entire california condor population in a few decades of use.
In comparison this finding is of a diabetes correlation well underneath the levels we see due to diet. Well... I mean that's bad, but there's bad and there's bad, and this doesn't qualify.
Doesn't mean it should be used, but let's be realistic about our criticism.
In comparison this finding is of a diabetes correlation well underneath the levels we see due to diet. Well... I mean that's bad, but there's bad and there's bad, and this doesn't qualify.
Doesn't mean it should be used, but let's be realistic about our criticism.