Feb 1, 2018 01:29 AM
https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/01/29/cal...-fee-12494
EXCERPT: A judge in California is going to determine whether or not coffee causes cancer. Think about that. We live in a society where judges and lawyers -- not medical doctors, scientists, or even a group of really clever AP biology high school students -- get to determine the credibility of biomedical research. [...]
To give just a small flavor of the level of insanity California has reached, attorney Raphael Metzger and the non-profit Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued several coffee companies, alleging that their product causes cancer. For restitution, they want to slap a Proposition 65 label on coffee cups and, as you probably guessed, a giant bag full of money.
If you've been to California, you've almost certainly seen the Proposition 65 warning.[...] they can be found just about everywhere, including airports and Disneyland. [...] 7-Eleven has already surrendered and forked over $900,000. Starbucks has placed Proposition 65 signs in its store, but they might be required to place the warning directly on cups. If they don't comply, "[f]ines can run up to $2,500 for each cup sold without a proper warning," says Bloomberg.
One may be tempted to conclude that Californians deserve the government that they get. That might be true, but the rest of the country doesn't deserve it. Because California is such a large state, what happens in California doesn't stay in California....
MORE: https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/01/29/cal...-fee-12494
EXCERPT: A judge in California is going to determine whether or not coffee causes cancer. Think about that. We live in a society where judges and lawyers -- not medical doctors, scientists, or even a group of really clever AP biology high school students -- get to determine the credibility of biomedical research. [...]
To give just a small flavor of the level of insanity California has reached, attorney Raphael Metzger and the non-profit Council for Education and Research on Toxics sued several coffee companies, alleging that their product causes cancer. For restitution, they want to slap a Proposition 65 label on coffee cups and, as you probably guessed, a giant bag full of money.
If you've been to California, you've almost certainly seen the Proposition 65 warning.[...] they can be found just about everywhere, including airports and Disneyland. [...] 7-Eleven has already surrendered and forked over $900,000. Starbucks has placed Proposition 65 signs in its store, but they might be required to place the warning directly on cups. If they don't comply, "[f]ines can run up to $2,500 for each cup sold without a proper warning," says Bloomberg.
One may be tempted to conclude that Californians deserve the government that they get. That might be true, but the rest of the country doesn't deserve it. Because California is such a large state, what happens in California doesn't stay in California....
MORE: https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/01/29/cal...-fee-12494