Is it possible that this is the cause, instead of prions?
[1] https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/where-our-forest-is-being...
[2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/liberals-greens...
"A San Francisco jury initially awarded Johnson $289.2 million after finding the chemical glyphosate in Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma" [1]
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/bayer-glyphosate-lawsuit/bay...
There have been many real scientific studies done. https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/epa-finalizes-glyphosate-miti... is the most readable summary
I honestly do not trust the EPA to do a fair review here, given how deep the connections between big business and government are. It's extremely naïve to assume this was a completely unbiased, purely scientific undertaking.
Your point is fair too, that juries tend to be swayed by emotion. Unfortunately, unless a true third party does an actual scientific review, I'll be avoiding the stuff.
New Brunswick also carried on with heavy spraying of DDT into the 1980s stopping much later than most places.
There have been more diseased moose sightings in recent years too.
What about the possibility of contaminated seafood?
So many possibilities. Quite scary with no concrete answers.