Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that weed killer safe

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup does not pose a serious health risk and is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reexamine its 2020 finding that glyphosate did not pose a health risk for people exposed to it by any means — on farms, yards or roadsides or as residue left on food crops.

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, the most widely used herbicide in the world. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which acquired the herbicide's original producer Monsanto in 2018, is facing thousands of claims from people who say Roundup exposure caused their cancer.

Roundup will remain available for sale. According to an agency spokesman, EPA officials are reviewing the 54-page ruling “and will decide next steps.? The Supreme Court is also considering whether to hear an appeal from Bayer that could shut down thousands of lawsuits on the cancer claims.



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[Scrivener7]

1. That 2020 EPA finding shows how useless the EPA is. Glad it's being tossed.

When these corporations have killed all of us, what will they do then?

[keithbvadu2]

2. I sure hope no one pours that stuff that Trump says is safe in his hotels and golf clubhouses.

I sure hope no one pours that stuff that Trump says is safe in his hotels and golf clubhouses.

He and his staff would have no complaints, right?

[NullTuples]

3. Sometimes I reminisce about gov't regulatory agencies when they had actual power....

Although in this case, the GOP has shown it can cut both ways. Although part of the balance in the old days was that science, not corporate bribes, had to be the basis of decisions.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Weed killer kills ants better than ant killer.

Used it by mistake once and got a surprise.

[Marcuse]

5. But it remains a cure for COVID.

[Crazyleftie]

6. crimes against nature 2005

RFK Jr's book, before he went off the rails, is an interesting read on how Bush stuffed the EPA full of corporate stoolies and criminals.

[Marcuse]

7. Polluter lawyer and seditious wannabe AG Jeffrey Clark was in charge of prosecuting polluter crime.