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The class action will be decided by a single judge and could be a ‘genuine problem for Monsanto and Bayer if we’re successful’, lawyer says

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Science is not decided in a courtroom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sort of? The science is settled by scientists, the courtrooms interpret the science for social purposes, though.

Scientifically everything probably has an impact on cancer risk. There's still a huge difference between radioisotopes and table salt for social purposes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Petition to abstain from photos like this in these articles

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mate, that’s an accurate photo of our day-to-day lives here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's a little known fact that the size of watering cans has to increase with latitude south, in order to counteract the Coriolis effect. This is just someone watering their petunias.

Still not sure what that has to do with roundup, though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The class action will be decided by a single judge

So the entire balance of this case will rest on whether this single judge can be bribed or not?

Seems like an awful way to rule on such an important lawsuit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Frankly, it's a great way to rule on such an important lawsuit if you're the one with the most bribe money. That's why the system is so great, for people with the most bribe money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nobody doubt's that it causes birth defects in farm workers.

Is that not enough reason to ban it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Downvoted come from selfish folks that only care about theirimmediate families and not the wellbeing of the workers who pick the food they eat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lucky for me, I've already been born

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Maybe not. How much less are you willing to eat? Better PPE usage would be the first thing I'd look into if what you're saying is true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

fun little nugget of wisdom I uncovered reading about this, the Wikipedia page on Glyphosphate cites this metareview, the only metareview it cites finding that glyphosphate is not carcinogenic.

Look who wrote it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fucking LOL. A career doubt-caster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Is anybody a Wikipedia editor? This could probably use a pointer to the connection, at least.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

FYI: This as about people who work with large amounts of it. If you're a normal person who washes their veggies you're still safe.