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Does glyphosate cause cancer? Australia’s Roundup case against Monsanto will offer a fresh legal answer (www.theguardian.com)

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The class action will be decided by a single judge and could be a ‘genuine problem for Monsanto and Bayer if we’re successful’, lawyer says

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Science is not decided in a courtroom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sort of? The science is settled by scientists, the courtrooms interpret the science for social purposes, though.

Scientifically everything probably has an impact on cancer risk. There's still a huge difference between radioisotopes and table salt for social purposes.