from girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 25 Jul 2024 07:45
https://lemmy.ca/post/25676279
An Australian judge on Thursday dismissed a class action lawsuit claiming Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller can cause a type of blood cancer, a boost for the company which is grappling with a slew of similar cases in the United States.
Justice Michael Lee of Australia’s Federal Court ruled that on the balance of probabilities, there was insufficient evidence to conclude that Roundup can cause non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL).
The Australian class action against Bayer subsidiaries united more than 1,000 claimants and is one of some 40 cases filed outside the United States, all in either Canada or Australia.
In the United States, Bayer has prevailed in 14 of the last 20 Roundup trials, but it also racked up a string of losses in late 2023 and early 2024, resulting in more than $4 billion in damages awarded in verdicts.
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Injustice Michael Lee is a royal shit cunt.
If Michael Lee will not hold corporations responsible for their crimes, then he should be removed from office and put on trial for his complicity.
It is clear that the only justice to be had in this world will come from the working class dismantling the institutions that protect the ruling elite and stopping these assholes from causing any further harm.
Maybe we should rub some of that weed killer on the judge and see how he feels about it then