Lawsuit brings $289M verdict against maker of Roundup weed killer

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24 pointsTamoC3 comments

The chemical in question is glyphosphate, which is quite controversial. Regulatory agencies have argued that it's generally safe as an herbicide but the jury here has decided otherwise.

The fact that Monsanto (roundup maker) is incredibly unpopular doesn't help their case either...

This kind of fact isn’t really well suited for a jury to try. There should be some other mechanism for civil suits. 12 laypeople cannot be a good judge of whether the latest Intel CPU violates an AMD patent or whether this or that medical literature is more compelling. They will just ascertain the theatrical skill of expert witnesses.

> The chemical in question is glyphosphate

It is not. Half of roundup is something other than glyphosphate.

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