Rat feeding study suggests the Impossible Burger may not be safe to eat

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104. Courts aren't known for being great with science

After all, Johnson and Johnson was ordered to pay $2 billion over lawsuits alleging their talcum powder caused ovarian cancer.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/inside-jjs-secret-plan-cap-litigation-payouts-cancer-victims-2022-02-04/

The largest study to date has found zero evidence that talcum powder causes ovarian cancer.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2758452

The absolute worst case I've ever seen of courts not understanding science, though, was the one from Italy, where a court convicted several scientists of manslaughter and sent them to prison, because they didn't predict a massive earthquake that killed 300.

There is literally no way to predict such a thing with any accuracy, however.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/italian-scientists-get/