The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer.
Investigate donations to those MO House members voting for this bullshit. Smells like Bayer Bribes, since this doesn't benefit the citizens of MO at all.
Not sure why you are being down-voted. It doesn't have to be bribes that causes a person to vote some way. Just bringing a shitload of jobs to an area would cause a politician to vote a certain way. Because jobs makes voters happy, and happy voters would vote for that person again, so they stay in power.
Monsanto spent decades knowingly murdering customers, spent millions hiding their murders, and to this day they won't even accept responsibility for their murder spree - let alone show remorse.
People have suffered the agony of botched executions for far less than that. There are determined committers of genocide with lower body-counts than monsanto executives.
Imo, companies being concerned about class actions if everyone had access to Healthcare, is THE REASON we do not have Healthcare for all in this country. Imagine how many more Flint, MI, there are, but no one knows because none of them can afford to see a doctor.
Deny justice long enough, and people will get their own brand of justice in the worst way possible.
This is not advocating for violence against the people involved in the creation of this product, despite them murdering us through the economic system.
Bayer was also an equally immoral company before it bought Monsanto. What the buyout did was open opportunities for groups seeking legal action against Monsanto.
If I got cancer from these fucks and was told that I wasn’t “allowed” to sue them. Then I guess it’s time to firebomb their facilities. Having cancer I would already be on deaths doorstep, no sense in not ushering a few more folks inside. And I get it- the workers aren’t responsible for it. But you forget the very important thing… they worked to support giving me cancer so I would work to support removing their lives as well.
Not on a list, but in the crosshairs of fairy-ass internet moderators, which is possibly worse.
I fled Reddit to get away from that shit but we aren't escaping it anywhere, are we?
Meh, let them put me there and see how uninteresting my life really is. Plus, this statement began “if I had cancer” which I am currently unaware of having. So if I ended up with cancer we caused by weedkillers, then there is a problem, but that’s a highly unlikely situation. Hell, if I had cancer it would be from 20 years of smoking cigs (which I did quit, but it could still happen). And at that point, you can’t really sue the cig companies, not because of law, but the fact that cigs cause cancer is such general knowledge, that it really comes down to personal choice and stupidity to do so… man I miss cigs 😪.
If I wanted to file a lawsuit for Roundup giving me cancer, I dont have to file in Missouri. I can file in my home state where I got cancer from their product. Missouri's laws don't apply here.
The hilarity is that if you want a broad spectrum weedkiller for lawns you can just mix white vinegar and a cup of salt in a spray bottle (optionally add some dish detergent for adhesion). That shit will kill broadleaf weeds, grass, clover, you name it. And it won't poison your dogs or give you cancer.