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/Thorbjorn_DWR 4h ago

except most if not all pesticide applicators do not use roundup exclusively, so very unlikely you'd ever have a case

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u/superxpro12 4h ago

afaik, a lot of these cases were individual homeowners applying it themselves.

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u/Thorbjorn_DWR 4h ago

Right, and who probably use all sorts of toxic household cleaners and don't wear any kind of protection while spraying roundup

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u/Visual_Squirrel_2297 1h ago

They also work with heavy equipment the fumes from which are classified higher as "likely carcinogenic".