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Herbicide Not Proved to Cause Cancer, Judge Finds

posted by hubie on Sunday July 28 2024, @08:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the scientist-judge-rules dept.

upstart writes:

There is not enough evidence to prove an ingredient used in a popular weed killer causes cancer, a Federal Court judge has found:

Justice Michael Lee handed down his judgement in the class action against widely-used herbicide Roundup on Thursday afternoon.

The case, launched by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, claims Roundup's active ingredient glyphosate caused the cancer of more than 800 Australian non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients.

Justice Lee ruled there is not enough current evidence to say glyphosate is carcinogenic and capable of causing non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.

The judge only needed to consider the question of general causation – not the specific claims of lead applicant Kelvin McNickle or the other class action group members.

Justice Lee ordered the proceedings be dismissed.

Bayer, which acquired Roundup's producer Monsanto in 2018, has previously stated glyphosate-based herbicides have been rigorously tested in hundreds of studies and it is safe when used as directed.

Related:
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    •US Supreme Court Rejects Bayer's Bid to End Roundup Lawsuits
    •Bayer Loses Appeal of Ruling That its Weed Killer Causes Cancer
    •Widely Used Herbicide Linked to Preterm Births

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2024, @04:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2024, @04:17PM (#1366008)

    Glyphosate did indeed pass required tests for carcinogenicity and the mechanism of action does not suggest carcinogenicity in general

    ...that brings up the second problem. Government agencies that are in bed with these businesses in order to come up with a test that allows them to go to market with a toxic product while simultaneously shielding them from liability.

    i.e. you can't sue "big pharma" in the United States as long as the drug is approved by the FDA.

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