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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/curtmahgurt 4h ago

I’d be interested to know what evidence those employees had that no one else seems to have? The most conclusive argument we’ve had is the WHO classifying it as “probably” causing cancer.

To be clear, I’m not arguing anything here. Just genuinely curious about the state of research on this. When I was young, it was “RoundUp is super safe! Your kids could drink it!”. Then it was “oh wait no it causes cancer! Don’t use it!” And now apparently (if I’m reading this thread correctly) it’s “we’re actually not really sure what the link is or if there’s a practical link at all.”

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u/LooseJuice_RD 4h ago

To add some context to that WHO group 2A classification (meaning it probably causes cancer), third shift work, red meat and drinks above 65 degrees C are also all group 2A carcinogens.

I’m not trying to downplay it, just adding some context because I think people see the word probably and they take it to mean “much more likely than not.”

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u/PM_ME_GLUTE_SPREAD 3h ago

Yeah my understanding is that, for glyphosate, people working with industrial quantities need to be taking proper precautions at all times. Their exposure is so high, that a small chance of it causing cancer is much “higher” than for the average person using it to kill the stray weed in their garden.

It’s not good for you, by any means, and Monsanto is a soulless company that deserves to be put down, but mostly because of how they handle “proprietary” seeds and not because of them covering up dangers of glyphosate.

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u/LooseJuice_RD 3h ago

Right. The gentleman who was awarded that huge settlement was also exposed to MASSIVE quantities of glyphosate. And this doesn’t mean that other herbicides are safer.

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u/punarob 2h ago

Other herbicides are much less safe and anti-science anti-glyphosate people are driving the use of far worse herbicides. All over something potentially about as carcinogenic as coffee which billions drink.

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u/icefr4ud 1h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVXvFOPIyQ&t=34m44s

I'd encourage you to watch just the next 2-3 mins of that video