A California judge cited the First Amendment in her refusal to bar Monsanto from sending geo-targeted mobile phone ads to jurors and other members of the public Thursday, the latest wrinkle in a trial on a San Francisco Bay Area couple’s claims that Roundup weed killer gave them cancer. Plaintiff attorney Steven Brady with the […]
RoundUp Trial: Expert Flunks EPA Handling of Roundup Approval…
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,” […]
RoundUp Trial: Monsanto Used Fake Data to Win Over Regulators…
Jury Slams Monsanto with $80M Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case…
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…
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 […]
Cancer’s Complications: Confusing Bills, Maddening Errors And Endless Phone Calls…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Surgery…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Friday morning for two malignant nodules in her left lung, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said. The 85-year-old Ginsburg is “resting comfortably” after the surgery, the spokeswoman said. The surgery was performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The two nodules in the lower lobe of her […]
3 More Blood Pressure Drugs Recalled Over Cancer Risk: Here’s What You Should Know…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update on Dec. 6 about its ongoing recall of heart and blood pressure medication due to impurities that could cause cancer. It said Mylan Pharmaceuticals “is expanding its voluntary recall to include all lots of non-expired valsartan-containing products due to trace amounts of N-Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in […]
Cancer Victim’s Attorneys Blast Monsanto’s Request for New Trial…
Calling Monsanto’s efforts to hide the alleged carcinogenicity of its Roundup weed killer “reprehensible,” attorneys for a school groundskeeper dying of cancer urged a San Francisco judge late Monday to keep intact a $289 million jury verdict for their client. Curtis Hoke, an attorney with The Miller Firm who represents Dewayne Johnson, argued in court […]
More Than a Dozen Men Who Were Near Site of 9/11 Attacks Diagnosed with Breast Cancer…
The 9/11 attack has produced another health nightmare — at least 15 men who were in the vicinity of Ground Zero defied astronomical odds and have been stricken with breast cancer. Men account for only 1 percent of all breast cancers nationally. Jeff Flynn is one of the unlucky ones. Flynn, 65, was an account […]
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