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316 - Bayer AG: The Most EVIL Corporation in the World?

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Glyphosphate and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

In 2020, the EPA released a statement that Glyphosphate does not pose a risk to humans as long as it's used according to directions. In 2018, thousands of lawsuits linking Roundup to the development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been filed in course nationwide. And 2019 University of Washington researchers found that exposure to Glyph phosphate based herbicides like Roundup is associated with a 41% increased risk of cancer. Bear agreed to pay $10.9 billion to close the vast majority of U.S. lawsuits claiming that Roundup causes cancer. The German manufacturing giant hopes that the move will take some of the air out of its ballooning liability over its popular product.

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