UNIVAC

Bill Gunshannon bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com
Fri Jan 29 08:25:07 CST 2021


On 1/28/21 3:08 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> Most of these actions aren't lawsuits per se, but rather claims made on
> trust funds set up by asbestos manufacturers as part of Chapter 7
> bankruptcy filings.   So the money's already there and if one has been
> afflicted by mesothelioma and can claim *any* exposure to asbestos in
> the past, the fund usually pays out a million or two to the claimant and
> his lawyer.   Not quite ambulance-chasing, but close.   Late night TV is
> full of ads for this sort of thing.
> 
> A similar thing is going on for Roundup herbicide and non-Hodgkins
> lymphoma from a fund set up by Montsanto, whose patent on glyphosate
> herbicide has long since run out.  Glyphosate is still widely used in
> agriculture.
> 

I use it all the time.  And in a much stronger potency than what you
find in Roundup.  Make you wonder, if it really is so bad, why is it
still legal?  But then, look at tobacco.  Won't even let you sue for
that.

bill



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