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Strict evidence standards in upcoming glyphosate-cancer trials could yield science-based verdicts, legal analyst says
Three trials in California against Bayer have sided with plaintiffs involving allegations that the glyphosate in the herbicide Roundup causes ...
Viewpoint: Pouring greed on an ethical fire—Questionable ‘litigation finance’ scam funds glyphosate-cancer lawsuit mill
Greed is being poured on an ethical fire ...
Glyphosate label war escalates: Spurning EPA objections, California keeps cancer Prop. 65 warning on herbicide
California has no plans to change its rule that certain products containing the herbicide glyphosate require warnings to consumers that ...
Roundup on trial: Glyphosate-cancer settlement talks progress, but report of an $8 billion payout is ‘pure fiction’
Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its ...
As glyphosate—cancer legal battle intensifies, Bayer faces questions whether it needs to split up to survive
The glyphosate lawsuits—and the political backlash—stem from a finding by a division of the World Health Organisation, which said in ...
Bayer may enter plant-based meat market as protein provider for Beyond and Impossible Burgers
A Bayer executive ... said the company was closely watching the plant-based meat market which has seen booming demand in ...
Roundup trial: Bayer’s glyphosate-cancer legal losses signal public’s flagging trust in regulators
Jurors have sided with plaintiffs in all three cases over Bayer AG’s herbicide Roundup to go to trial so far, ...
Podcast: Glyphosate, cancer and ‘corporate conspiracies’–“Regulatory capture” by anti-science activists in the Roundup controversy
Our useful threat-detection instinct has been warped into a serious handicap as we attempt to evaluate risks to our health ...
Bayer scraps launch of Monsanto worm pesticide over safety concerns as glyphosate-cancer legal battle rages
Bayer AG has scrapped plans for wide sales next year of a chemical that is intended to protect U.S. crops ...
Glyphosate on trial: Bayer would consider settling all cancer lawsuits on ‘reasonable terms’, as suits now number 18,400
Bayer on [July 30] said it would consider settling with U.S. plaintiffs suing over the German group’s Roundup herbicide only ...
Bayer faces expensive lawsuit in Brazil as more farmers challenge firm’s GMO soy patent
Germany’s Bayer AG, which completed the takeover of U.S.-based Monsanto [in 2018], has been dealt a legal blow in Brazil ...
Bayer trial: Judge cuts ‘excessive, unconstitutional’ $2 billion Monsanto glyphosate-cancer damages to $86.7 million
A California judge on [July 25] reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed ...
Home-field advantage in Missouri trial could boost Bayer’s fortunes in glyphosate-cancer legal battle
Bayer .... facing an upcoming trial in St. Louis over allegations that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, has recruited ...
Bayer trial: Judge may cut $2 billion glyphosate-cancer damages to $250 million
A California judge will slash a $2 billion judgment against Bayer AG, which had been awarded to a couple who ...
Bayer lawsuit: Judge cuts punitive damages in glyphosate-cancer case from $75 million to $20 million
A federal judge on [July 15] slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed ...
EU ‘probably won’t’ re-approve Bayer’s glyphosate weed killer after 2022, German agriculture minister says
German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner said glyphosate herbicide probably won’t have enough support to gain re-authorization for use in the ...
If Bayer settles glyphosate-cancer lawsuits, final costs could range from $2.5-$20 billion
There’s a $2.5 billion question hanging over Bayer AG. Or perhaps a $20 billion question, depending on who you ask ...
Brazilian farmers sue Bayer to reclaim $151 million in royalties on GMO cotton
Brazilian cotton producers in the state of Mato Grosso on [July 11] sued Bayer AG, seeking to cancel the chemical ...
Glyphosate manufacturers reject alleged weed killer-cancer link in response to federal Roundup report
Glyphosate registrants defended their products as safe to use in comments submitted .... to the Department of Health and Human ...
Sydney, Australia may end glyphosate use as public opposition to Bayer’s weed killer grows
Sydney’s city council said on [July 5] it was reviewing .... the use of Bayer AG’s Roundup, after other councils ...
Juror in glyphosate-cancer trial urges judge to uphold $80 million verdict appealed by Bayer
A juror who was part of a panel that delivered an $80 million award against Bayer AG after finding that ...
Twist upon twist in glyphosate battle: Next generation safer biopesticides on the way thanks in part to anti-chemical activists—who may yet oppose them
Will growers be forced to turn to less effective, more harmful solutions? ...
Farmer’s open letter to skeptical consumers: We know science, glyphosate and GMOs are safe, and we need both to fight climate change
Despite repeated assurances from the mainstream science community that our food supply is safe, many consumers remain highly skeptical of ...
Viewpoint: Don’t ignore organic industry’s conflict of interest in stoking fears about glyphosate dangers
A California jury recently awarded a $289 million judgment against Bayer, the maker of the herbicide. Lawyers somehow convinced the ...
Price floor for Bayer shares may not exist as Monsanto glyphosate-cancer litigation costs mount
On June 7th, 2018, Bayer .... consummated its $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto, the largest GMO and agricultural chemical distributor ...
Under shareholder pressure, Bayer hires law firm to initiate ‘radical overhaul’ of glyphosate litigation strategy
Chemicals giant Bayer, under pressure from activist shareholders, said on [June 26] it has hired an external lawyer to advise ...
Viewpoint: Farmers use glyphosate to grow healthy crops, not because ‘Big Ag’ makes them
Until the public sees agriculture and the agricultural landscape for what it is and quits calling a circle a square, ...
