Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial

Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by jdblair on Saturday November 04, 2023 @04:21AM (#38139097)

Roundup isn't a pesticide, or an insecticide (as the charts above are labeled). Roundup is an herbicide, which is why it is so useful to combine with GMO crops. When you spray a field for weeds with Roundup, your crop doesn’t die because it has resistance built in.

More clearly, Roundup kills weeds, not bugs.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by selcuka on Saturday November 04, 2023 @04:41AM (#38139180)

> Roundup isn't a pesticide, or an insecticide (as the charts above are labeled). Roundup is an herbicide

Pesticide is an umbrella term for herbicides, insecticides, and other types of substances.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by jdblair on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:06AM (#38139285)

Ok! Thanks for the correction!

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by clbrmbr on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:48AM (#38140166)

This was a new one for me, too.

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Re:Bayer hit with $332M judgement in Roundup cancer trial by ckrapu on Saturday November 04, 2023 @09:38AM (#38140885)

This definition might be true in some places but the vernacular usage of “pesticide” by users is slanted towards targeting animal life and not plants.

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