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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 11 2018, @06:20PM (1 child)
Actually, I have no idea what you think "capitalism" means; the only thing I know is that your ideas do not match mine.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday July 16 2018, @02:22PM
You people who seem to think pure, unfettered capitalism is the solution to everything overlook the fact that we have laws enforced by the government to keep companies from doing exactly what the GP is saying, promise something and then not deliver.
But that's "violent imposition" I'm sure, and somehow a bad thing.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"