Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial

Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by tails4e on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:12PM (#38137445)

Shit. I remember clearly spraying roundup out of a backpack sprayer on a calm day, when a stray gust of wind blew some of the spray back up and into my face. I often wonder if I inadvertently sealed my fate despite that level of exposure being so brief. It was about 5 years ago,so far so good.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by wredue on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:40PM (#38137624)

Much of the time, cancer risk with these chemicals is based of some level of exposure over time.

It’s people using it all day every day that are at a high risk of cancer. One blow back in to the face probably won’t do much more than cause some irritation.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by epups on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:40AM (#38138709)

You will be absolutely fine, you really don't have to worry about it. It's very uncertain whether ingesting these chemicals is harmful, touching them briefly is just fine.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by bluGill on Saturday November 04, 2023 @08:52AM (#38140596)

Courts are not judges of science. Roundup is well studied in science and the overwhelming majority find it is harmless to humans.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by lightedman on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:49AM (#38141514)

The real concern is with the surfactants used with the glyphosate, not the glyphosate itself.

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