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 […]
Landmark Lawsuit Claims Monsanto Hid Cancer Danger of Weedkiller for Decades…
At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But with cancer spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has just months to live. Now Johnson, a husband and father of three in California, hopes to survive long enough to make Monsanto take the blame for his fate. On […]
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 […]
UN Body Edited Inconvenient Data Out Of Its Landmark Pesticide Study…
The United Nations’ cancer agency edited contradictory data out of a high-profile study on whether a common pesticide ingredient caused cancer in humans, according to documents. The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) 2015 study found that the chemical glyphosate most likely caused cancer in humans, setting off an international political and legal fight […]
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…
Monsanto Was Its Own Ghostwriter for Safety Reviews…
Monsanto Co. started an agricultural revolution with its “Roundup Ready” seeds, genetically modified to resist the effects of its blockbuster herbicide called Roundup. That ability to kill weeds while leaving desirable crops intact helped the company turn Roundup’s active ingredient, the chemical glyphosate, into one of the world’s most-used crop chemicals…
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 […]
100,000 Pages of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust in an Oregon Barn for Decades – Until Now…
For decades, some of the dirtiest, darkest secrets of the chemical industry have been kept in Carol Van Strum’s barn. Creaky, damp, and prowled by the occasional black bear, the listing, 80-year-old structure in rural Oregon housed more than 100,000 pages of documents obtained through legal discovery in lawsuits against Dow, Monsanto, the Environmental Protection […]
BEWARE: Monsanto Accused of Hiring Army of Trolls to Silence Online Dissent…
Biotech giant Monsanto is being accused of hiring, through third parties, an army of Internet trolls to counter negative comments, while citing positive “ghost-written” pseudo-scientific reports which downplay the potential risks of their products. The documents emerged during pre-trials on 50 lawsuits against Monsanto which were pending in the US District Court in San Francisco…