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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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[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Petition to abstain from photos like this in these articles

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mate, that’s an accurate photo of our day-to-day lives here.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's a little known fact that the size of watering cans has to increase with latitude south, in order to counteract the Coriolis effect. This is just someone watering their petunias.

Still not sure what that has to do with roundup, though.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

The class action will be decided by a single judge

So the entire balance of this case will rest on whether this single judge can be bribed or not?

Seems like an awful way to rule on such an important lawsuit.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Nobody doubt's that it causes birth defects in farm workers.

Is that not enough reason to ban it?

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 2 points 2 years ago

Downvoted come from selfish folks that only care about theirimmediate families and not the wellbeing of the workers who pick the food they eat

[–] fred@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Lucky for me, I've already been born

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

Maybe not. How much less are you willing to eat? Better PPE usage would be the first thing I'd look into if what you're saying is true.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

FYI: This as about people who work with large amounts of it. If you're a normal person who washes their veggies you're still safe.