The 73-page “Making Our Children Healthy Again” report was presented today at the White House by President Donald Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., key members of the Trump administration and health freedom activists from the MAHA movement. Kennedy called it the “diagnosis,” and said the “prescription” will follow in 100 days…
Appeals Court Upholds Groundskeeper’s Roundup Cancer Trial Win over Monsanto…
The Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District of California said Monday that Monsanto’s arguments were unpersuasive and Dewayne “Lee” Johnson was entitled to collect $10.25 million in compensatory damages and another $10.25 million in punitive damages. “In our view, Johnson presented abundant—and certainly substantial— evidence that glyphosate, together with the other ingredients in […]
Mexico Announces Phase-Out and Ban on Glyphosate Herbicides…
The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico’s Environment Ministry, has announced that glyphosate-based herbicides will be phased out of use in the country by 2024 to protect human health and the environment – “Given the scientific evidence of glyphosate toxicity, demonstrating the impacts on human health and the environment, the Secretariat of Environment […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]