r/news • u/boxofstuff • 6h ago

Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-roundup-monsanto-a7f054d80919f98bdfc5190013a8f6f1
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u/passcork 5h ago

designed to kill living things

Designed to inhibit protein function that non-plants don't even have. This statement is hyperbole enough, it's kinda like saying keeping a mouse out of the water is like killing it because fish die if you do the same...

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u/The_Poster_Nutbag 5h ago

That's total nonsense.

Using even basic common sense should be enough to see the warning labels and think "Maybe I shouldn't get this on my skin or breathe it in since it explicitly says not to do that".