Attorneys for a Bay Area man dying of lymphoma asked a San Francisco jury Tuesday to award their client $412 million in damages against Monsanto for failing to warn that its popular Roundup weed killer can cause cancer, in the first-ever trial over the herbicide’s alleged carcinogenicity. Describing plaintiff DeWayne Johnson’s four-year battle with cancer, […]
Monsanto Rests Its Case in Roundup Cancer Trial…
A Chicago oncologist suggested Friday that a groundskeeper’s aggressive lymphoma was inherited and not caused by Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, in a California jury trial over the herbicide’s alleged carcinogenicity. Although Rush University’s Timothy Kuzel didn’t directly call the man’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma an inherited disease, he testified about various emerging treatments grounded in the theory […]
Monsanto Scientist Grilled in Roundup Cancer Trial…
On the 14th day of a California jury trial over whether Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer triggered a Bay Area man’s terminal lymphoma, a Harvard cancer epidemiologist denied telling the jury that research showing a link between the herbicide and cancer is flawed because Monsanto paid her $100,000. Running through a number of epidemiological studies finding […]
Yelling Breaks Out During Roundup Cancer Link Trial…
In a bid to discredit a Columbia University cancer expert who says Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer is carcinogenic, lawyers for the agrichemical giant accused him on Wednesday of lying under oath about the purported link between Roundup and cancer, in a contentious California jury trial over whether the weed killer caused a Bay Area man’s […]
U.S. Study Finds Rise in Human Glyphosate Levels…
Levels of glyphosate, a controversial chemical found in herbicides, markedly increased in the bodies of a sample population over two decades, a study published Tuesday in a US medical journal said. The increase dated from the introduction of genetically-modified glyphosate-tolerant crops in the United States in 1994. The findings published in the Journal of the […]
Yummy, Yummy Glyphosate!…
Now it’s in ice cream too: The controversial weed killer glyphosate has repeatedly been detected in goods we regularly consume. The doses may be small, but the fact is, however, worrying. Glyphosate has been found in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream samples from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK, according to a report by […]
Monsanto Attempts Takedown of Agency Linking RoundUp to Cancer…
Monsanto is on the attack. In its fight to keep its blockbuster weedkiller glyphosate on the European market, the American agrichemical giant has spent the last six months fighting accusations that it suppressed negative findings or even ghostwrote key research about whether the herbicide causes cancer. Now the company is opening a new…
Ben and Jerry’s Faces Boycott Threats…
Ben & Jerry’s — a brand famous for its quality and eco-friendly practices — is under fire after a test uncovered a controversial ingredient in its ice cream. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) found glyphosate, the main ingredient in weedkillers like Roundup, in 10 out of 11 samples of the company’s ice cream flavors, the […]
California to Officially List Key Ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup as Cancer-Causing…
Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s widely used herbicide Roundup, will be added July 7 to California’s list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer, according to a Reuters report Tuesday. This news comes after the company’s unsuccessful attempt to block the listing in trial court and requests for stay were denied by […]
New Risks of GMO Food, Glyphosate Uncovered: Scientist’s Ground-Breaking Research…
Within just a few weeks, two studies were published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports that cast new doubts on the safety of genetically modified foods and glyphosate herbicide. The first found that a genetically modified corn, NK 603, was not substantially equivalent to a non-GMO counterpart, which is contrary to claims of GMO proponents…