EPA exposed for hiding chemical risks, favoring corporate interests
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a long and well-documented history of questionable conduct when it comes to regulation of chemicals important to the profit centers for many large and...
View ArticleLitigation against Syngenta grows; lawyers fight over evidence and trial dates
Syngenta AG is facing a growing number of U.S. lawsuits over allegations that its paraquat herbicide causes Parkinson’s disease, with a Fresno, California man pushing for an expedited trial that...
View ArticleCancer patient lawyer spars with Monsanto scientist in California Roundup trial
A lawyer for a woman claiming her use of Roundup herbicide caused her to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma sparred with a longtime Monsanto scientist in court on Wednesday, forcing the scientist to address...
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EPA’s “scientific integrity” program lacks teeth, group alleges
Insiders at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have alleged dozens of violations of the agency’s “scientific integrity” policy over the last few years, including complaints of political...
View ArticleMonsanto scientist defends Roundup safety in California trial
A senior scientist at the former Monsanto Co. told jurors in a California trial that the company’s Roundup herbicide is so safe that the scientist uses it regularly at her home, and suggests friends...
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Monsanto scientist tells jurors company’s side of Roundup cancer controversy
A senior scientist at the former Monsanto Co. on Tuesday told jurors in a California trial that regulators around the world support the company’s position that its glyphosate-based herbicides, such as...
View ArticleBayer wins Roundup trial; plaintiff fails to prove exposure caused child’s...
The former Monsanto Co., now owned by Bayer AG, notched its first win in the mass tort U.S. Roundup litigation on Tuesday, defeating at trial a mother who alleged her use of Roundup exposed her child...
View ArticleStephens trial drags on, toxicologist testifies about studies of herbicide...
A scientist testified Monday that a California woman’s regular use of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide “vastly” exceeded the exposure scientific research shows more than doubles the risk of developing...
View ArticleCalifornia court rejects Bayer’s petition to review Pilliod Roundup trial...
Bayer AG suffered yet another setback this week in the company’s ongoing effort to undo at least one of the trial losses dealt to Monsanto Co. in U.S. litigation alleging that the company’s Roundup...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court sets date to consider review of Monsanto Roundup case
Bayer AG’s effort to get the U.S. Supreme Court to review a key trial loss in the nationwide Roundup litigation inched forward this week when the high court said it would include Bayer’s petition for a...
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