By Tyler Durden A judge in Missouri has significantly reduced a jury award against Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit, cutting down the punitive damages from a $1.5 billion verdict to about $550 million, according to Fortune. This decision comes amid Monsanto’s ongoing legal battles over allegations…
By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Ninety-nine percent of pregnant women are exposed to glyphosate, a chemical often found in the weedkiller product Roundup, according to new research from the Indiana University School of Medicine. The study finds that glyphosate may be associated with lower birth weights in…
By Carey Gillam Fresh off a fifth-in-a-row trial victory, Monsanto owner Bayer AG is rejecting a proposed “global resolution plan” put forward by plaintiffs’ lawyers as a last chance to try to settle tens of thousands of pending Roundup cancer claims before a wave of…
By Jenna McGuire Commonly used herbicides across the U.S. contain highly toxic undisclosed “inert” ingredients that are lethal to bumblebees, according to a new study published Friday in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The study reviewed several herbicide products and found that most contained glyphosate,…
By Derrick Broze The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reaffirmed their belief that glyphosate is not a carcinogen, despite initially concluding the chemical was probably carcinogenic. On Thursday, the EPA concluded a regulatory review of glyphosate and found that the most widely used herbicide…
By Phillip Schneider Bayer AG, which recently acquired the Roundup herbicide in a $63 billion buyout of Monsanto, has once again been found guilty in a California court for not informing customers that their product can cause cancer. The Trump Administration, on the other hand,…
By Phillip Schneider Joining over 11,200 plaintiffs alleging that Monsanto’s herbicide Round-Up caused them cancer is Merril Hoge, the former 7-year running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After speaking with several doctors about the cancer he was diagnosed with in 2003, he discovered that glyphosate,…
By Arjun Walia The Facts: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Roundup herbicide that was manufactured by Monsanto, has been found in multiple foods that have been marketed to children. You can view the list below. Reflect On: With countless scientific publications and examples of…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Even though Monsanto has been ‘taken down’ via a buy-out by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the ‘legacy’ of its toxic herbicide, Roundup®, literally has become a chemical scourge upon human health, plus the environment by poisoning soil, ground water, insect pollinators and producing…
By Jake Johnson A California jury ruled Monday that Monsanto must pay a record $2 billion in damages to a couple that was diagnosed with cancer after using the company’s weedkiller Roundup. “We were finally allowed to show a jury the mountain of evidence showing Monsanto’s manipulation…
By Derrick Broze A third lawsuit related to claims that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer has revealed new details about the cozy relationship between the biotech giant and U.S. regulators. On Monday, Monsanto Co. corporate spokesman William Reeves admitted the corporation has regularly communicated with U.S….
By Richard Enos The Facts: In 1996, Monsanto was sued by the New York Attorney General based on its false and misleading advertising of Roundup products. Monsanto lost and agreed to stop, but to date they have not stopped those practices anywhere other than New…
By Jon Rappoport There are 34,000 golf courses in the world. They make beautiful pictures. But what keeps the grass of the fairways and greens so uniform and undisturbed by weeds? Chemical herbicides. One of the herbicide is Roundup, manufactured by Monsanto, the giant corporation…
By Tyler Durden Costco has reportedly decided to stop selling Roundup weedkiller after a federal jury in San Francisco awarded more than $80 million to 70-year-old California man, Edwin Hardeman, who was diagnosed with cancer after spraying the herbicide on his property for decades. According to the founder…
By Alex Pietrowski The end is near for the toxic herbicide glyphosate, which is being banned in major cities in the U.S. and in many countries in the world. After two recent court trials, Monsanto’s flagship product Roundup has been legally determined to be carcinogenic,…
By Alex Pietrowski The Monsanto corporation’s most notorious product has again been found guilty of causing a man’s cancer. Dealing another major blow to Bayer, who bought Monsanto in 2018, a San Francisco jury has unanimously ruled that Roundup and its primary ingredient glyphosate were the…
By Julia Conley A far-reaching new scientific analysis found that the weed-killing chemical glyphosate is far more dangerous than U.S. government officials admit, showing a 41 percent increased risk of developing cancer for people who have frequent exposure. Five scientists at the University of Washington…
By Catherine J. Frompovich One of the most intrepid GMO science researchers for over twenty years, Jeffrey Smith, of the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), interviewed Attorney Brent Wisner, the genius lead lawyer who apparently overwhelmed the legal system by finally getting Monsanto’s Papers, which…
By Alex Pietrowski It’s been said that voting with your dollars is the most effective way of creating change in this consumer/capitalist culture; and after years of petitioning major retailers to stop selling products that contain Monsanto’s toxic glyphosate herbicide, it appears that Costco may…
Bayer has slashed its earnings forecast Wednesday due to, amongst other things, a growing global legal battle surrounding the carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup. The weaker earnings forecast adds to a number of challenges facing the German drugmaker as it braces for years of legal wrangling over the cancer…
