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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by harimau777 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @07:13AM (#19908470)
Is there evidence that it is carcinogenic when used incorrectly?

If there were, I could see a scenario where incorrect usage was so likely or unavoidable that it becomes negligence on Bayer's part.

I don't know if that's the case here; however.

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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by lordlimecat on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @08:02AM (#19908704)
If you drank it I imagine all bets are off but I can't imagine there are many of those studies nor is it relevant to the case.

The question here is whether Bayer /Monsanto knowingly used a carcinogen that nearly every health org says is not a carcinogen.

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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by klmr on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @07:31AM (#19908546)
No direct evidence as far as I know (definitely none for glyphosate, possibly for Roundup) but that’s why Monsanto/Bayer publishes precise usage instructions, and such risk would be based on dosage and wearing of appropriate PPE (= e.g. gloves). In other words: Any risk would be hardly unavoidable.
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