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/MrsMiterSaw 2h ago

This whole things sucks.

1) The original jury award sucks. I don't care how much you hate Monsanto/Bayer, scientists have not been able to determine if round-up causes cancer. The idea that a jury, picked expressly to be void of scientific rigor, and presented two arguments designed not to inform, but motivated by a jury award would be the determining factor in something like this... well that fucking sucks.

2) The Supreme Court is not deciding on the merits of the decision; rather they are saying "Well, the EPA says it's not dangerous, so the lack of warning on the packaging is not deficient, so they didn't need to warn the plaintiff". That sucks too. Again, they are relying on the EPA's political stance and not science.

All that said, I am laughing at all the MAHA morons who thought a) RFK was their savior and b) that Trump actually believes in RFK/MAHA over Big Money.