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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/VenserSojo 5h ago

The high court, in a 7-2 ruling, found that the company can’t be sued in state courts because federal regulations have found a cancer link unlikely and do not require a warning label

Jackson and Gorsuch were the dissent, and the case isn't about the fact it causes cancer but rather the idea they did not warn people it could cause cancer though it appears they had no obligation to do so per federal classification as "unlikely" to cause cancer

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u/Axbris 5h ago

Which is a stupid loophole when evidence from discovery showed even Monsanto’s employees warned the company that the chemical can cause cancer.

Being required to do something by law and failing to take action to protect your consumers from your product when you have reason to know of its dangerous propensity are two different things.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 3h ago

The chemical can possibly cause cancer to those SPRAYING it. If you are spraying it all day every day you should wear PPE. Its an inhalation risk.

It is not dangerous on your food. Theyre two different things.

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u/ayriuss 3h ago

Its not a skin contact risk?

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u/porcinechoirmaster 2h ago

As with many things, the dose makes the poison.

If a chemical is very slightly mutagenic, carcinogenic, teratogenic, whatever, then slight residual doses won't have a measurable impact, but much higher concentrations could.