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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bayer just views this kind of thing as the cost of doing business.

[โ€“] captaindeank 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Indeed, this seems like less than a nuisance fine for a company that reported more than 13 billion Euro in earnings last year, on over $50 billion Euro in sales. Bayer press release. I wonder what the cost of cancer treatment was for all the people in New York that wouldn't have gotten cancer but for the sale of Roundup.

Then again, the $10.9 billion settlement in 2020 seems more meaningful. The Guardian

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