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Jury Awards Couple $2 Billion in Roundup Cancer Case…

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For decades, agrochemical giant Monsanto has worked intensely on a single endeavor – protecting its FTO, or freedom to operate – by doing whatever it took to lessen or eliminate restrictions on its products. A jury of five women and seven men delivered a devastating blow to that mission Monday, awarding an elderly couple over […]

New Monsanto Documents Expose Cozy Connection to Reuters Reporter…

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We knew from previously released documents that Reuters reporter Kate Kelland was a key connection for Monsanto in its endeavor to undermine and discredit the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) scientists who classified glyphosate as a probable carcinogen in 2015. Now we have additional evidence of the coziness of the […]

High Fructose Corn Syrup May Fuel Colon Cancer…

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It’s no secret that health experts and nutritionists have been wary of high fructose corn syrup for years. But now they have one more reason to advocate against it: a new study published in the journal Science says that the sugary substance boosts the growth of cancerous tumors in mice. The study, conducted by researchers […]

Roundup Trial Reveals Monsanto Concern Over Cancer Studies…

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Monsanto says it wasn’t concerned about early epidemiological studies showing a possible link between the active compound in Roundup and cancer, but unsealed documents and emails paint a different picture. Questioning Monsanto’s corporate representative William Reeves at a video deposition played in court on Wednesday, attorney Brent Wisner, who represents an elderly couple claiming Roundup […]

RoundUp Trial: Expert Flunks EPA Handling of Roundup Approval…

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At the start of testimony in what looks to be a long and contentious trial over whether Roundup caused the cancer of an elderly couple, a cancer-risk expert said he would give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency an “F” on its report deeming glyphosate, one of the main agrochemicals in Roundup, noncarcinogenic. “I’d fail them,” […]

Jury Slams Monsanto with $80M Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case…

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Agrochemical giant Monsanto failed to warn a California man that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer even though it knew the widely used herbicide is unsafe, and must pay over $80 million in damages, a unanimous jury found Wednesday. Concluding Monsanto acted with “malice or oppression” by not putting a cancer warning on Roundup’s product […]

Federal Jury Finds Roundup Caused Man’s Cancer…

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A federal jury on Tuesday unanimously found that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer caused a California man’s cancer, advancing his high-stakes San Francisco trial to a second phase to decide whether the agrochemical company is liable for his illness and how much it might owe for selling him a carcinogenic product. The six-person jury found plaintiff […]

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