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> When a jury ruled that Monsanto "caused" cancer Did they actually use those words? As far as I remember they convicted Monsanto mostly on messing with the "i
by josefx 5y ago
> When a jury ruled that Monsanto "caused" cancer
Did they actually use those words? As far as I remember they convicted Monsanto mostly on messing with the "independent" studies that should have confirmed their weed killers safety, using various "friends" in key positions to shut down any study that went out of line before it could go anywhere. All documented in an internal email chain discussing various means in great detail.
> shuddered at the lunacy of the nonscientific verdict,
Science went out of the window the moment Monsanto started to actively taint the research through political means.
- bluGill 5y agoThey ruled in one case that roundup caused a particular person's cancer. Even though medically 80% of cases of that type of cancer do not have an environmental cause (ie random mutation is responsible for 80% of cases).
- josefx 5y agoSo every fifth case has an environmental cause and Monsanto got caught pants down actively interfering with the legally required process^1 that was used to certify their weed killers as not being a environmental hazard, including being a cause for cancer. ^1 The results of independent studies are supposed to act as basis for government approval.
- LatteLazy 5y ago(not OP) https://apnews.com/article/courts-health-cancer-government-and-politics-a9c4eb00d40988bddd7c936dd7f388ae https://apnews.com/article/courts-health-cancer-government-a...