Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial
by dragonwriter on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:17PM
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> Although we have seen very frequently that pesticides still affect some humans or animals.
“Pesticides” is a class that includes things intended affect animals (insecticides and rodenticides, for instance.)
> At this point, shouldn't we just reduce the possible points of failures instead of hoping the next miracle molecule doesn't kill us all twenty years later?
Probably not. We should probably improve our structures for evaluating, approving, and reevaluating once deployed agricultural chemicals of all types, but should we stop developing new technology in the field? No, we probably should not.
“Pesticides” is a class that includes things intended affect animals (insecticides and rodenticides, for instance.)
> At this point, shouldn't we just reduce the possible points of failures instead of hoping the next miracle molecule doesn't kill us all twenty years later?
Probably not. We should probably improve our structures for evaluating, approving, and reevaluating once deployed agricultural chemicals of all types, but should we stop developing new technology in the field? No, we probably should not.