Roundup Is Losing in Court But Farms Aren't About to Give It Up
- Glyphosate will remain ubiquitous in modern agriculture: BI
- Residential use, not farmer use, most at risk in near term
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While the world’s No. 1 weedkiller has been losing in court of late, it’s still the big winner in the agricultural world.
No matter what happens with the 11,000-plus lawsuits plaintiffs have filed alleging the chemical in Roundup caused them cancer, farmers around the world are still going to keep using it, said Christopher Perrella, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.