Glyphosate Finally Notches a Court Win
October 20, 2021 I remember writing a couple of years ago lamenting the fact that facts and science seemed to be losing out completely in today’s world. Instead, I saw plenty of internet-spawned misinformation and personal supposition winning out in both the courts of public opinion and the nation’s courtrooms. In particular, I commented on how I believed glyphosate would have a very tough time proving its scientific standing in any court in the land for this reason.
However, just perhaps, the tide has turned somewhat. Although you might have missed this story, a California jury in early October ruled in favor of glyphosate. The case claimed that glyphosate product Roundup had caused a rare form of cancer in one young boy. But the jury found that in its opinion, exposure to Roundup “was not a substantial factor in the 10-year-old Ezra Clark contracting Burkitt’s lymphoma.”
Naturally, Bayer was very happy with this news. According to the company, this verdict is consistent with “the assessments of expert regulators worldwide as well as the overwhelming weight of four decades of extensive science.”
Could this one jury verdict finally mark a turning of the tide back to facts and science for glyphosate in the courtroom? That remains to be seen. After all, there are still several thousand lawsuits pending in the nation’s legal system pointing the finger at glyphosate as the cause for various forms of cancers. And other than this one case, the other verdicts in already tried court battles have gone against the popular herbicide and its owner, Bayer.
Loading ...But, given all the negative publicity glyphosate has received over the years, I for one am still pleased to see the herbicide finally notch up a court win. At least one jury in California was apparently able to appreciate the facts and science behind glyphosate. Just perhaps, there are more of these folks out there as well.
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