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Monsanto Cancer Trial Begins in San Francisco

posted by martyb on Wednesday July 11 2018, @01:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the trial-roundup dept.

takyon writes:

Monsanto 'bullied scientists' and hid weedkiller cancer risk, lawyer tells court

Monsanto has long worked to "bully scientists" and suppress evidence of the cancer risks of its popular weedkiller, a lawyer argued on Monday in a landmark lawsuit against the global chemical corporation.

"Monsanto has specifically gone out of its way to bully ... and to fight independent researchers," said the attorney Brent Wisner, who presented internal Monsanto emails that he said showed how the agrochemical company rejected critical research and expert warnings over the years while pursuing and helping to write favorable analyses of their products. "They fought science."

Wisner, who spoke inside a crowded San Francisco courtroom, is representing DeWayne Johnson, known also as Lee, a California man whose cancer has spread through his body. The father of three and former school groundskeeper, who doctors say may have just months to live, is the first person to take Monsanto to trial over allegations that the chemical sold under the Roundup brand is linked to cancer. Thousands have made similar legal claims across the US.

Monsanto? Never heard of it.

Also at the San Francisco Chronicle.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @03:49AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @03:49AM (#705572)

    You wee, heuristical humans always choose the simplest route: Deny that there is a problem at all.

    This is what leads MORE disaster than NECESSARY, because the retroactive liability exacerbates the situation.

    GOD. It's so obvious it hurts. Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @05:09AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @05:09AM (#705602)

    Just what God Are you praying to??

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @05:28AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @05:28AM (#705607)

      I beg myself to forgive you.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @05:43AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @05:43AM (#705609)

      Just what God Are you praying to??

      Mammon [wikipedia.org]?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @02:00PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @02:00PM (#705717)

      I believe he worships the god of Deuteronomy, which he considers a separate being from another god who is operating in different works collected in the Old Testament.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday July 11 2018, @12:13PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 11 2018, @12:13PM (#705680) Journal

    You wee, heuristical humans always choose the simplest route

    What exactly is supposed to be wrong with a "heuristical human"? First, heuristical means:

    1. Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.

    1.1. Proceeding to a solution by trial and error or by rules that are only loosely defined.

    Doesn't sound like a legit complaint to me.