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In response to "Monsanto lost their appeal to a case brought by a man that claims that RoundUp caused his cancer. -- (link)" by Krusty

We really need to stop letting lay people resolve questions of science in court. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Oct 23 '18, 06:27

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We need to hold companies accountable when they produce things that cause us to die prematurely. -- nm* - Krusty Oct 23, 06:29 10
- The science says glyphosate, in the quantities people are exposed to, is not a cancer risk -- (link) - TWuG Oct 23, 06:32 9
  - "Studies on cancer rates in people have provided conflicting results on whether the use of glyphosate containing products is associated with cancer. -- (edited) - Krusty Oct 23, 06:37 5
    - We need more testing and research but things don't look all that good. -- (link) - Krusty Oct 23, 06:40 4
      - That article discusses things other than cancer (which was what the court case focused on) and agrees that glyphosate is nontoxic, but that in - TWuG Oct 23, 06:51 3
        
        I posted it to show that science hasn't decided anything on this and that it needs more testing and research. The previous post talks about cancer. -- nm - Krusty Oct 23, 06:53 2
        
        Which is why a court decision makes no sense. "Conflicted" science doesn't become unconflicted because of a court decision, but that decision - TWuG Oct 23, 07:00 1
        
        See, I mostly agree with you in that the court was not the right place for this to be decided. But with their being so much ambiguity - Krusty Oct 23, 07:07
  - I guess wikipedia knows more that the International Agency for Research on Cancer -- nm - decline Oct 23, 06:36 2
    - You realize that's a sourced attribution, right? -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 06:42
    - "The IARC has been criticized for its assessment methodology by failing to consider the broad literature and only assessing hazard rather than risk." -- nm - TWuG Oct 23, 06:40

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