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Jacson6

(1,857 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:20 PM 18 hrs ago

Bayer agrees to $7.25 billion proposed settlement

Bayer agrees to $7.25 billion proposed settlement over thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuits
Bayer has agreed to a proposed $7.25 billion deal to settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits that blame Roundup for causing cancer. Bayer and lawyers for cancer...

https://www.wkyc.com/article/syndication/associatedpress/bayer-agrees-to-725-billion-proposed-settlement-over-thousands-of-roundup-cancer-lawsuits/616-f59d52a3-c305-4cec-9400-f9d1f9b9ed4b

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Bayer agrees to $7.25 billion proposed settlement (Original Post) Jacson6 18 hrs ago OP

So, if Round-up is continued to be sold and used, what happens to the people in the future who get cancer? Baitball Blogger 16 hrs ago #1

It would be a fund to pay out to cancer victims as they get it. Jacson6 12 hrs ago #2

I think they took glyphosate out of it gulliver 11 hrs ago #3

Baitball Blogger

(51,970 posts)

1. So, if Round-up is continued to be sold and used, what happens to the people in the future who get cancer?

Reply to Jacson6 (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 05:01 PM

16 hrs ago

Jacson6

(1,857 posts)

2. It would be a fund to pay out to cancer victims as they get it.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:33 PM

12 hrs ago

The courts made a $30B settlement fund for asbestos to compensate Mesothelioma Victims.

gulliver

(13,836 posts)

3. I think they took glyphosate out of it

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 10:00 PM

11 hrs ago

The last Roundup I bought didn't have it anyway. And it's not nearly as effective it seems to me.

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