My new piece in the Guardian talking about That Organic Study and why it doesn't mean much/anything for your health https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/26/dont-believe-the-hype-organic-food-doesnt-prevent-cancer?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true …
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Replying to @GidMK
I wonder why you wrote that this "directly contradicts" doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.148 when they each find similar stat sig RRs with Non-hodgkins lymphoma (& which is linked with pesticide exposure in many other studies too?). It may not help your argument but seems worth reporting!pic.twitter.com/t59rChcmtj
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Replying to @Alan_Watson_ @GidMK
You're right. This guy is from ACSH. https://www.acsh.org/profile/gideon-meyerowitz-katz … The hitman-for-hire blackwater of science. Funded by Chevron, Coca-Cola, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Bayer Cropscience, Procter & Gamble, Syngenta, 3M, McDonald's, Monsanto. La crème de la crème.
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Replying to @AnagalisArvensi @GidMK
Yes, I had noticed his ACSH link too, & their very friendly relationship with Monsanto etc - pretty shocking really that the
@guardian should publish a puff piece like this which is so clearly off the mark in relation to the results of the study & attacking claims it didn't make!pic.twitter.com/9dvzBWc76k
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Replying to @Alan_Watson_ @guardian
Would love to know exactly what you're suggesting here. The ACHS has republished one of my pieces - with permission - but I'd be interested to know precisely what relationship you're suggesting?
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That you completely missed the important link reported in the research between reduced NHL & eating organic food (plus you indicated that this was contradicted by Bradbury,2014) which found the same linkage - all when Glyphosate is linked with NHL in the US courts. Sloppy stuff
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Replying to @Alan_Watson_ @guardian
There's an entire article other than the single line you're picking out describing why that correlation is unlikely to be causative. No, I was more interested in precisely what you're implying with Monsanto
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I can see why you want to move on from your erroneous reporting of Bradbury (and your silence on the findings by Baudry) but it is an important and newsworthy point - not least in the context of the invited editorial which raises the NHL concerns in the same issue:pic.twitter.com/BiB9aDwVPL
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In relation to Bradbury (Doi:10.1038/bjc.2014.148) your wrote there was "no reduction in risk whatsoever" whilst Bradbury actually reported a significant RR for Non-hodgkin lymphoma (RR 0.79 95% CI: 0.65-0.96). Your article was simply wrong!pic.twitter.com/lACEQ6wTIq
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Replying to @Alan_Watson_ @guardian
Indeed. This was counterbalanced by an increased risk of breast cancer (RR 1.09, CI 1.02-1.15), which is vastly more common and thus relative risk has a greater import. Hence, overall, no reduction in cancerpic.twitter.com/d8np92QsVU
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To be fair, both of these studies have similar issues, which I discuss in the Guardian piece (i.e. questionnaires, observational, etc) making it impossible to infer causation either way
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If you want to be fair then admit your error! Nobody is suggesting that this proves causation - but it certainly strengthens the case against the most commonly used pesticides in relation to NHL (which has been growing @ 2–4% per year and is now c 4.3% of all cancer cases)
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Replying to @Alan_Watson_ @guardian
This is all very tedious. There are just as many theoretical models for breast cancer, which has similarly been growing year on year. I disagree that there was a factual error, and as I've said I'm not paid by any industry group. Have a good day
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