The court will determine if people who say glyphosate weed killers made them sick have the right to sue in state court.

John Durnell just wanted to make things around his St. Louis neighborhood look a little nicer. So, on occasion, he’d spray a bit of Roundup in the obvious places — along weedy sidewalks and in public spaces he thought needed a little extra attention. Decades later, after multiple rounds of chemotherapy, Durnell is recovering from blood cancer that a Missouri jury found in 2023 was caused by…

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  • disorderly@lemmy.world
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    “Any honest assessment of the [EPA] pesticide office’s track record can only conclude that it has failed catastrophically at assessing the health risks of dangerous pesticides,” Glass said. “Considering the EPA has declined to require cancer labels on 99 percent of the pesticide products that contain chemicals the agency itself has found to be probable carcinogens, why would anyone believe that Americans’ health is being looked out for by the EPA or the pesticide industry?”

    If the EPA really wants that responsibility and privilege, then they need to convince us they can do it. Otherwise, the people will do it themselves.

    By the same token, if the SC wants the responsibility and privilege of being the arbiters of justice…