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 […]
Federal Jury Finds Roundup Caused Man’s Cancer…
New Study Finds 41% Increase in Cancer Risk from Roundup’s Glyphosate…
A comprehensive analysis of glyphosate – the most widely used weed-killing chemical in the world – reveals that those with the highest exposures to the popular herbicide have a 41% increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) cancer. The meta-analysis of six studies containing nearly 65,000 participants also looked at links between glyphosate-based herbicides and immunosuppression, endocrine […]
Judge Slashes Punitive Damages in Roundup Cancer Case…
Although she refused to overturn a jury verdict against Monsanto finding its weed killer Roundup caused a San Francisco Bay Area man’s terminal cancer, a California judge on Monday left open the possibility of a new trial if the man refuses a $211 million reduction in his punitive damages award. In a written ruling, San […]
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 […]
A New Study Shows Glyphosate May Be Killing Honeybees…
Glyphosate, the world’s most widely used weed killer, has caused concerns over its potential risk to human health and the environment for decades. Now, new research shows that glyphosate may be indirectly killing bees. Brand-new research from the University of Texas at Austin shows that glyphosate is hazardous for bees. For this study, scientists exposed […]
Bayer Beware: Lawyers Claim to Have “Explosive” Monsanto Documents…
Lawyers involved in a California lawsuit against Monsanto claim to have “explosive” documents concerning the Bayer-owned agrochemical giant’s activities in Europe, according to Euronews – “What we have is the tip of the iceberg. And in fact we have documents now in our possession, several hundreds documents, that have not been declassified and some of […]
Roundup the Academics? Monsanto Verdict Raises New Troubling Questions About Professors Working Under Corporate Sponsorship…
For a growing number of critics, the breakthrough verdict against Monsanto for $289 million over its Roundup weedkiller is an indictment of the company’s corporate culture but also of academics who were used by the company to discredit scientific studies linking the herbicide to cancer. Former groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, 46, reportedly has only months to […]
Monsanto Emails Raise Issue of Influencing Research on Roundup Weed Killer…
Jury Finds Monsanto Must Pay $289 Million in Roundup Cancer Trial…
A San Francisco jury on Friday found that Monsanto must pay $250 million in punitive damages to a school groundskeeper because its Roundup weed killer caused his fatal lymphoma, the first such verdict against the agrochemical giant. The 12-member unanimous jury awarded plaintiff Dewayne Johnson $39.2 million compensatory damages, finding Monsanto chose not to warn […]