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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by carlmr on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:29PM (#19911568)
For an individual no, but with enough data points, which probably exist since roundup exists long enough, you could make a reliable prediction where it came from.
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Re:California jury says Bayer must pay $2B to couple in Roun... by bluGill on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @03:30PM (#19913022)
But if there are enough data points and they show roundup doesn't cause cancer above the population baseline, if someone who used roundup gets cancer we should in turn conclude roundup wasn't the cause.
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