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Monsanto owners call weed killer 'safe' after jury orders big payout

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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,699
    The cgi they do on the rock in the movies is nothing short of incredible
  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,862 Swaye's Wigwam
    I use roundup all the time on my property - it is my inheritance to my kids if they get a good lawyer
  • USMChawk
    USMChawk Member Posts: 1,800
    The tldr version is the World Health Org decided that RoundUp ‘probably‘ caused cancer, without confirmation or scientific proof, and put it on their list of banned items. That was good enough for California who followed suit, based on that ruling alone. Now they have a jury making an award based on a ‘probably’.

    I’m not a fan of my food being sprayed with with weed control chemicals but this one will be overturned once it gets appealed out of the CA courts.
  • Fenderbender123
    Fenderbender123 Member Posts: 2,989
    From what I read, it looks like the courts had Monsanto scientists square off against UN scientists. Which is really stupid, because both groups have their own interests in mind. And it looks like the courts got it wrong considering that independent science agencies have found no strong correlation between glyphosate and cancer.
  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781

    From what I read, it looks like the courts had Monsanto scientists square off against UN scientists. Which is really stupid, because both groups have their own interests in mind. And it looks like the courts got it wrong considering that independent science agencies have found no strong correlation between glyphosate and cancer.

    The science is settled. 97% of all scientists who have ever lived say it doesn’t cause cancer.
  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,919

    USMChawk said:

    The tldr version is the World Health Org decided that RoundUp ‘probably‘ caused cancer, without confirmation or scientific proof, and put it on their list of banned items. That was good enough for California who followed suit, based on that ruling alone. Now they have a jury making an award based on a ‘probably’.

    I’m not a fan of my food being sprayed with with weed control chemicals but this one will be overturned once it gets appealed out of the CA courts.

    Yeah, you sure wouldn’t want technology that helps feed billions of people in light of the fact that 30 years ago the drumbeat was how there is no way enough food could be produced to feed future populations. Now starvation only exists where corrupt government exists. The abundance of food didn’t happen with concert fundraisers and handouts, it happened through technology and the free market. Abundance bitches!!
    The trade off is that our food is absolute Shit and the majority of the population is 30 lbs over weight. There were better ways to integrate more efficient growing techniques to increase yields.