Jury Awards $2 Billion in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
OAKLAND, CA. – A jury in California awarded more than $2 billion in damages to a husband and wife in their lawsuit alleging that Roundup caused them to develop cancer. The verdict represented the largest handed down yet in ongoing litigation against the maker of Roundup, Monsanto, and its parent company, Bayer AG. The jury in … [Read more...]
Glyphosate Mediator Denies Settlement Offer
MANHATTAN, New York — Reuters issued a report indicating that Bayer AG, the international corporation that now owns Roundup, has not settled the glyphosate litigation as previously reported by some media outlets. Conversely, the mediator hired to guide the settlement talks said that the company has not settled for $8 billion. … [Read more...]
New Study Results Associate Glyphosate with Liver Disease
SAN DIEGO, CA. – The results of a recent study associate the herbicide glyphosate with liver disease. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, and researchers have found a link between the chemical and harmful conditions of the liver. A team from the University of California San Diego conducted the study, … [Read more...]
Canadian Lawsuits Allege Glyphosate Caused Cancer
QUEBEC CITY, Canada — A Canadian dairy farmer filed a lawsuit against Bayer claiming $10 million in damages as compensation for cancer she developed from being exposed to Roundup weed killer. The farmer alleges that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is a carcinogen and that extensive exposure to the chemical caused her to … [Read more...]
$2 Billion Roundup Cancer Jury Award
OAKLAND, CA. — Trial lawyers like to remind jurors that the word “verdict” comes from a Latin phrase which roughly translated means “to speak the truth.” A jury in Oakland, CA spoke the truth in early May of 2019 and awarded $2.055 billion to a married couple who proved the weedkilling ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, gave them … [Read more...]
Impact of Glyphosate Can Last Generations
The news magazine the Ecologist published a summary of the findings from a study scientists recently conducted on the effects of glyphosate on future generations. The study proved, at least in laboratory animals, that the cancer-causing properties of glyphosate can be passed down to second and third generations. Glyphosate is the … [Read more...]
Health Risks Lead Los Angeles to Ban Roundup
Los Angeles – According to NBCLosAngeles.com, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors met on March 19, 2019 to place a moratorium on the use of glyphosate on any Los Angeles County properties. Effective March 19, 2019, all Los Angeles County departments were ordered to stop using glyphosate herbicide products, such as Roundup … [Read more...]
California Jury Finds Round-Up Weed Killer Causes Cancer
A jury sitting in Federal Court in California found that the active ingredient in the popular weed killer Round-Up causes cancer. The jury returned its verdict on the bifurcated trial on Thursday, March 14, 2019, according to truthout.org. The decision on the "causation" part of the trial allows the plaintiff, a 70-year-old man … [Read more...]
Homes In New York Filled with Dangerous Pesticides According to New Research
NEW YORK- ConsumerAffairs.com reports that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States every year. The National Center for Biotechnology Information, led by Cornell University researchers. Started investigating the ways in which these chemicals are impacting residents across the state. Joseph Laquatra … [Read more...]
Carcinogenic Roundup Weed Killer
Active Ingredient in "Round-up' Weed Killer is Dangerous to Humans.The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is a sub-group of the World Health Organization, announced that glyphosate is a carcinogen and is therefore dangerous to human after studying the substance from 2015 to 2016. Glyphosate is an herbicide, or … [Read more...]
Monsanto’s Roundup the Focus of Deep Controversy
California Closer to Mandating Roundup Warnings In March 2015, leading cancer experts from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a Lyon, France-based branch of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), classified glyphosate as a “probable human carcinogen.” IARC reached its decision based on the research … [Read more...]
Monsanto Roundup Herbicide Lawsuits Transferred to California MDL
MDL Transferred Herbicide Lawsuits. A multidistrict litigation (MDL) has been established for lawsuits over Monsanto's RoundUp herbicide. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred 40 lawsuits to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, before Judge Vince Chhabria. Plaintiffs in the … [Read more...]
Colombia to Stop Using Glyphosate in Coca Crop Eradication Programs
The government of Colombia has announced it will stop using the controversial herbicide glyphosate to destroy illegal plantations of coca. Coca is the raw ingredient for cocaine. The decision came after a recent warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic," the BBC reports. Glyphosate … [Read more...]
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