Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits
Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits
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.
You forgot the millions spent bribing lobbying elected officials to protect themselves
Remember folks, if you went around giving people cancer they'll put you in jail. A corporation does it and at most a fine.
Just form an LLC first and you should be fine then right?
Thank God someone is finally looking out for the corporations!
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.
I think it's because making healthcare impossible to get without employment makes it harder for people to leave jobs.
Meh, both of these can be true simultaneously
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.
Just stating a fact of life.
How far off do you think we are from the people seeking their own justice? (Asking for a friend)
I'm one tragic family accident away. I don't want that accident, but i know plan B.
That, and transferring human consciousness to the cloud, will happen the second the last millennial dies.
Bayer made its bed when they bought Monsanto, fuck em
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.
The USA south elects leaders who attack their constituents in every way. Missouri is technically midwest, but it's also southern in spirit.
As a resident I would like to refute this claim.
I can't. But I would like to.
Protecting LIFE ENDING CANCER is called being PRO LIFE
Congratulations, you're now on a list.
Cool, I want on too. Ahem: "I would firebomb these fuckers just for the hell of it, no cancer required".
Something tells me they already were
Then again this is a left leaning space. Everyone here is on a list.
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 😪.
Just for context, Monsanto is a Missouri native.
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.
That's great and all, but there are people living in Missouri too.
Dozens of us
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.
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.
Good idea.
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Ann Wagner, Emanuel Cleaver, Eric Burlison, and Jason Smith all took $100K+ from insurance corporations for their campaigns.
All republicans. Guess this is what owning the libs looks like.
There are no words how much I specifically hate Ann Wagner and Jason Smith. Two of the biggest shit stains in this state.
How many took under $100k? It never ceases to amaze me how cheap government is to buy. Imagine how cheap it seems to the 1%.
They employ a lot of people in the St. Louis area. They bring a lot of high paying jobs to the area and the government likes that.
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.
I got a job for all those people and more.
Building free public housing. And keep doing it until being a landlord isn't a "job".
heard it here first, boys! Causing cancer is now legitimate business practice, just gotta pay the right(wink) people