Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedkiller Case

Re:Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedk... by 0xbadcafebee on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:01PM (#47925013)

> If roundup is your alternative to starvation you're probably just delaying the inevitable.

Yes. That is literally exactly what we're doing. You can't sustain the current human population without fertilizers and pesticides made from fossil fuels. Half the people on the planet would die.

If we don't want half the planet to die, we need pesticides. So do you choose a pesticide that's more harmful, or less? If you said "less", then you want glyphosate.

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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedk... by criddell on Monday April 27, 2026 @02:38PM (#47925477)

I think you meant to write herbicide rather than pesticide.

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Re:Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Roundup Weedk... by 0xbadcafebee on Monday April 27, 2026 @07:15PM (#47928564)

Ah you're right, glyphosate is the herbicide. We also need the pesticides to keep the yields up.

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