2022-07-14
Yes, this is yet another court case against Bayer, which bought Monsanto and its glyphosate herbicide in 2018.
Glyphosate has been the subject of a number of court cases in which it was alleged that it was the cause of cancer.
Bayer it seems was appealing on a legal nicety that would have allowed it to escape responsibility for the damage caused by its product, but the court rejected that nicety.
The Defender (CHD) has the story.
For my part, any company that doesn't have the health of its customers at the heart of its business is not a company whose products I would want to use, and I'm at a loss to understand the mindset of a board of directors that continues to flog a dead horse of an argument.
I'm also at a loss to understand the mindset of the farmers who continue to use Bayer's products on their crops, crops that will end up in my pantry.
This is not an argument about glyphosate any more - that argument has been tried and tested in court and found wanting - it is about how much trust we should place in any product of a company that won't accept a court's public findings that their product can be harmful.
Yes, I understand that Roundup as sold for domestic use no longer includes glyphosate, but I also understand that the product sold to farmers still does, and I have little confidence either that the domestic product is now safe to use since the track record of this company tells me that they prioritise profits over safety.
