Settlement Reveals Monsanto’s Undue Influence Over EPA and Media
RoundUp has been a contentious product for several years. The product has often been tied to cancer but a lack of overwhelming evidence has kept solid scientific conclusions away. Legally, however, juries have consistently ruled against the parent company Monsanto, issuing verdicts in the millions and billions of dollars. On May … [Read more...]
Monsanto’s Roundup Linked to Leukemia Hodgkins and Non-Hodgins Lymphoma
Seek Justice With a Roundup Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Lawsuit Roundup is the world's most popular herbicide. The weed-killer has been sold since the 1970s, but research has found that Roundup is tied to some life-threatening health risks. Environmental scientists and consumer groups are concerned that glyphosate, the main ingredient in … [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...]
Tennessee Restricts Use of Monsanto’s Weed Killer Dicamba
Imposing restrictions on the use of Monsanto On July 13, 2017, the state of Tennessee joined Arkansas and Missouri in imposing restrictions on the use of Monsanto’s weed killer dicamba. Tennessee’s action came in response to reports of damage to crops not genetically modified to be resistant to dicamba. When dicamba is sprayed, … [Read more...]
Plaintiffs in Monsanto’s Roundup Litigations Press On
It may causes cancer in humans At the crux of the Monsanto litigation is whether, or not, the active herbicide in Roundup, glyphosate – causes cancer in humans. Various studies have found it does not. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a statement that glyphosate, indeed, may very well be carcinogenic. Both sides … [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 … [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...]
Monsanto Faces Growing Litigation over Roundup Herbicide
Litigation is mounting against multinational agrochemical manufacturer Monsanto Co. alleging that an ingredient in its Roundup herbicide increases the risk of cancer. Madison Record reports that a growing litigation in Illinois could become a class action lawsuit. Plaintiff's lawsuits have sprung up more frequently ever since the … [Read more...]
Monsanto Seeks to Block Carcinogenic Designation for Roundup
Roundup Chemicals Known To Cause Cancer. Monsanto Corporation has filed a lawsuit to block the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) from adding glyphosate-the main ingredient in Roundup-to its listing of chemicals known to cause cancer. The list of chemicals is authorized under California's … [Read more...]
Monsanto Fights California Cancer Designation for Roundup
Monsanto has filed suit to block California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) from listing the herbicide glyphosate—the main ingredient in the herbicide Roundup—as a chemical known to cause cancer under California's Proposition 65. Roundup is one of the most widely used chemicals in the world, both in … [Read more...]
Monsanto Herbicide Roundup Linked to Cancers, Parkinson’s Disease and Other Health Effects
Research has found that Monsanto’s Roundup, the world’s most popular herbicide, is tied to some life-threatening health risks, including a number of cancers. Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, a weed killer made by Monsanto, may cause serious health issues. Roundup is used on crops such as corn and soybeans. According to … [Read more...]
World Health Organization Declares Monsanto Herbicide Roundup a Probable Carcinogen
Last week the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization’s cancer research arm, declared that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the widely used herbicide Roundup, probably causes cancer in humans. The agency also classified the insecticides malathion and diazinon as “probable” … [Read more...]
