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Before restricting Roundup weedkiller, EU lawmakers want to know how it could affect farmers

Natasha Foote |
Any potential reduction of glyphosate in the EU should be preceded by an impact assessment exploring the consequence for farmers, ...
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First glyphosate-cancer trial appeal could give Bayer ‘significant leverage’ in settlement talks with over 50,000 plaintiffs

David Siegel |
A California appeals court on [June 2] will hear oral arguments in agrochemical giant Monsanto’s bid to toss a $78.5 ...
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With glyphosate-cancer settlement nearing, is the Roundup controversy coming to an end?

Tim Loh |
Bayer AG is close to a turning point in its legal battle over the weedkiller Roundup. But it still has ...
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Bayer reaches verbal settlement in up to 85,000 glyphosate-cancer suits for estimated $10 billion

Jef Feeley, Tim Loh |
Bayer AG has reached verbal agreements to resolve a substantial portion of an estimated 125,000 U.S. cancer lawsuits over use ...
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Federal judge tosses lawsuit alleging Cheerios contain undisclosed glyphosate weedkiller

Julie Steinberg |
A would-be class suit alleging General Mills Inc. failed to disclose the presence of glyphosate residue in Cheerios can’t proceed ...
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Appeals court appears poised to cut jury award in landmark glyphosate-cancer case against Bayer but let verdict stand

Carey Gillam |
A California appeals court looks poised to issue a ruling that would uphold the first U.S. trial victory involving allegations ...
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Podcast: COVID-19 a global communist plot? Glyphosate didn’t cause the pandemic. Time to embrace agricultural biotechnology.

Cameron English, Kevin Folta |
While public health officials and policymakers struggle to contain the novel SARS-COV-2 coronavirus, anti-vaccine activists claim the pandemic was orchestrated ...
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She’s baaaack! ‘Plandemic’ anti-vaccine disinformation ‘star’ Judy Mikovits now warning glyphosate, GMOs boost COVID-19 risk

David Gorski |
[In early May], I wrote about Plandemic, a viral video featuring disgraced scientist turned antivaxxer turned COVID-19 “Fire Fauci” conspiracy ...
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Glyphosate to blame for COVID-19? Here’s how we know Bayer’s weedkiller didn’t cause the pandemic

Joe Schwarcz |
An MIT computer scientist with no expertise in agriculture, chemistry, toxicology, or the biological sciences. And yet for some reason, ...
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Reversing herbicide resistance? Geneticists uncover source of ‘dreaded’ pigweed’s glyphosate tolerance

Denise Attaway |
Just hearing “pigweed” can cause fear in cotton and soybean farmers, but a Clemson University geneticist and others believe they ...
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Ban glyphosate? Environmental chemist debunks ‘flawed’ case against Bayer’s herbicide

Ivan Kennedy |
Contrary to sensational media reports and class actions, global regulators consider glyphosate not to be carcinogenic. Consequences could be dire ...
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Viewpoint: Activist-inspired GMO cotton bans push Mexican farmers toward bankruptcy

Luis Ventura |
Mexico has a long record of safely cultivating genetically modified (GM) cotton. For more than 20 years, cotton has been ...
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Bayer takes ‘tougher stance’ in glyphosate-cancer settlement talks amid COVID-19 financial strain

Ludwig Burger, Patricia Weiss |
Bayer said the economic downturn and the need to preserve cash means it is taking a tougher stance in talks ...
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Farm groups join lawsuit to support EPA’s glyphosate weedkiller re-approval

Steve Davies |
Commodity groups, ag retailers and others are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed in the 9th Circuit Court of ...
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Capitalizing on corona: Conspiracy theorists blame COVID-19 on glyphosate, GMOs and the ‘New World Order’

Myles Power |
With a quarter of the world’s population currently in lockdown, time has never been better for ..... frauds, as they ...
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Low-hanging fruit: How the first generation of GMO crops yielded massive economic and environmental benefits

Nina Fedoroff |
There are still no widely available GM varieties of either wheat or rice, the second and third most widely grown ...
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After three lost glyphosate-cancer trials, Bayer investors fear litigation ‘avalanche’ will further harm company’s reputation

Eyk Henning, Tim Loh |
Two influential shareholder advisory groups are split on whether investors should support Bayer AG’s management at its upcoming annual meeting, ...
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Viewpoint: Glyphosate caused the COVID-19 pandemic? Debunking the latest coronavirus conspiracy

Josh Bloom |
When I saw that Dr. Stephanie Seneff, a ... professor at MIT, wrote an article entitled Connecting the Dots: Glyphosate ...
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With consumers still fearful of synthetic chemicals, biotech firms spend billions on biopesticide development

Robert Arnason |
Major players like Bayer and start-up companies are spending billions to identify fungi, bacteria and organic compounds in plants that ...
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Viewpoint: Contradictory evidence exposes critical flaws in International Agency for Research on Cancer glyphosate assessment

Colin Berry |
This commentary does not concern itself with the need for, or the value of glyphosate as an agrochemical: rather it ...
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Glyphosate and other pesticides pose little threat to soil health, many studies show

Julia Gerlach |
Most no-tillers use some external inputs like herbicides and synthetic fertilizers, though there are certainly those who have or are ...
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Bayer settles Roundup weedkiller false advertising lawsuit for $39.5 million

Jef Feeley |
Bayer AG agreed to pay $39.5 million to settle allegations that its Monsanto unit ran misleading ads about the controversial ...
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French agriculture minister says glyphosate key to sustainable farming, raising doubts about proposed weedkiller bans

Philip Case |
France’s agriculture minister has declared glyphosate is an essential tool of the agroecological transition, raising hopes of a change in ...
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Activist-led lawsuit alleges EPA glyphosate weedkiller approval violated Endangered Species Act

Todd Neeley |
EPA's interim registration approval of glyphosate in January now faces its first court challenge, as a number of food safety, ...
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Plaintiff in glyphosate-cancer trial defends original $80 million verdict against Bayer on appeal

Amanda Bronstad |
A man who won an $80 million verdict over Monsanto Co.’s Roundup [in 2019] defended the award on appeal, including ...
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Bayer, 6 plaintiffs firms agree on draft settlement terms in Roundup-cancer litigation, but thousands of cases could still go to trial

Jacob Bunge, Laura Kusisto |
Bayer has agreed on draft settlement terms with half a dozen law firms representing tens of thousands of plaintiffs alleging ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-GMO activists ignore science when debating glyphosate safety

Cameron English |
There are encouraging signs that people are beginning to tune out the activist propaganda ...