A new study has found that traces of the herbicide Roundup have been detected in some children’s cereals. Experts concerned about the health effects of glyphosate – the active ingredient in Roundup – say that the presence of the chemical in cereals for children could increase the risk of cancer for children who consume these…
A jury in California has awarded $189 million in damages to a former school groundskeeper who alleged that he developed a fatal cancer after years of exposure to Monsanto’s weedkiller, Roundup. The lawsuit was the first of thousands of lawsuits filed against Monsanto over the link between Roundup and an increased risk of a form…
A California federal judge has ruled that hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto alleging that the company’s weed killer Roundup causes cancer can proceed to trial. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco ruled that there was enough evidence linking Roundup with an increased cancer risk to allow hundreds of lawsuits filed by cancer survivors…
Newly unsealed court documents show that Monsanto – the manufacturer of Roundup weed killer – worked to stop a safety review of Roundup by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and had ghostwritten studies about the safety of Roundup that were later attributed to academic researchers. The documents were unsealed recently…
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced in October 2016 that it would consolidate dozens of Roundup lawsuits filed against Monsanto in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in California. At least 37 lawsuits against Monsanto had been filed on behalf of individuals who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Roundup.
The agricultural giant Monsanto is facing lawsuits alleging that the weedkiller Roundup may cause an increased cancer risk. Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against Monsanto by farm workers and others who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after being exposed to Roundup.