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Rational decisions demand access to all necessary information. Thus one might ask if the impairment described is restricted purely to bumblebees? Do we know? What is it that's so special about bumblebees as against other organisms such that they would be immune to 'just a chemical'?

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It is an improvement to better understand the glyphosate effects. Rational decision cannot be taken by only considering the glyphosate effects. Decisions have to be taken with an holistic view on the agricultural systems.

Eg. glyphosate might an option to regain control over weeds versus a systematic plow of the soil that has for consequences to damage its structure and its organisms.

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