Agrochemical company Monsanto “deserves to be punished” for misleading the public about the safety of its popular Roundup weed killer, a federal judge said in a ruling Monday, but drastically cut punitive damages awarded to a San Francisco Bay Area man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “Based on the evidence that came in at trial, Monsanto deserves […]
Federal Judge Denies New Roundup Trial for Monsanto…
A federal judge will not overturn a jury’s verdict in favor of a Bay Area man who claimed years of using Roundup weed killer caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria’s ruling, issued late Friday, said although it was difficult to pin down Edwin Hardeman’s causation theory at trial, the defect […]
Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer…
Chemicals giant Bayer AG is reeling after a jury awarded $2 billion in damages to people who say they contracted cancer after years of using Roundup, a popular weed killer manufactured by Bayer subsidiary Monsanto Co. Bayer probably won’t pay out the full $2 billion. But more than 10,000 further cases are pending, worrying Bayer […]
Jury Awards Couple $2 Billion in Roundup Cancer Case…
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 […]
Married Couple Asks for $1B in Damages in Roundup Trial…
In January 2015, Monsanto executive Dan Jenkins wrote an email to a number of his colleagues expressing concern about the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s upcoming review of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s popular weed killer Roundup. “IARC- they are sending delegates (trying to get names) that are knowledgeable re- gly from EDSP […]
New Monsanto Documents Expose Cozy Connection to Reuters Reporter…
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 […]
Roundup Trial Reveals Monsanto Concern Over Cancer Studies…
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 […]
Jurors Hear of New Study Linking Roundup to Cancer…
In the trial of claims by an elderly couple who say the world’s most popular weed killer gave them cancer, jurors heard of a new study linking Roundup’s active ingredient glyphosate to non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The study, a meta-analysis conducted by University of California, Berkeley, toxicologist Luoping Zhang and two colleagues found a “compelling link between […]
RoundUp Trial: Judge Allows Monsanto to Send Add Pop-Up Ads Targeting People Inside Courthouse…
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,” […]