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Bayer's Monsanto To Pay More Than $1.5 Billion Over Claims Weed-Killer Caused Cancer
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~~$1.5b is barely a slap on the wrists, but hopefully the first in an avalanche of lawsuits for them. This is like one fiscal quarter's revenue for RoundUp, but hopefully the signal of the beginning of the end.~~ Bayer gotta be really regretting that big Monsanto purchase.
Now do insecticides.
ETA: I retract a bit of my previous statement, looks like they were up to $11b in payouts as of last year, and looking to surpass the $16b they set aside for these lawsuits. Keep slapping that wrist!
Yeah, I was thinking 1.5b sounded like nothing. But this is two people. So, I'm okay with this.
I'd like to point out, Alex Jones was sued for $1b for being a dick on the internet.
Split between about twenty people. So $50 million each vs $750 million each.
And I would also like to point out that Alex's being a dick on the Internet was directly linked to threats of violence made against Sandy Hook families. So his words were far from harmless and far more damaging than your average dick on the Internet.