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Why are young people getting colon cancer? A common weed killer may be linked, scientists say (www.businessinsider.com)
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[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 days ago

Picloram, which was developed in the 1960s, was one of many herbicides used in the "agents" the US Military used to clear forest during the Vietnam War. It works by disrupting the way plant hormones normally function, and can persist in the soil for years.

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