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Brazil health officials find glyphosate non-cancerous

Feb. 27, 2019 at 6:06 am CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Analysts at Brazilian health agency Anvisa have determined that glyphosate herbicide does not cause cancer while recommending exposure limits as international pressure to reduce use of the chemical grows. Companies such as Bayer and its unit Monsanto, which produces glyphosate-based weedkillers, have faced legal challenges over […]

U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

Jan. 28, 2019 at 7:48 pm CST

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge orders next glyphosate cancer trial for March

Nov. 15, 2018 at 7:14 pm CST

By Tina Bellon

Bayer CEO says would consider glyphosate settlement depending on costs

Nov. 2, 2018 at 9:32 am CDT

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages

Oct. 23, 2018 at 8:00 am CDT

By Tina Bellon

Roundup cancer verdict sends Bayer shares sliding

Aug. 13, 2018 at 1:25 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 per cent on Monday, losing about US$14 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay US$289 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of U.S. lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller […]

By Ludwig Burger

Glyphosate maker Monsanto ruled liable in U.S. cancer trial

Aug. 12, 2018 at 10:45 pm CDT

Reuters — A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based herbicides, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay US$289 million in damages. The case of school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit to […]

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge allows Roundup-related suits to go to trial

Jul. 10, 2018 at 6:40 pm CDT

Reuters — Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto Co. by cancer survivors or families of those who died can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, finding there was sufficient evidence for a jury to hear the cases that blame the company’s glyphosate herbicide for the disease. The decision […]

By Tina Bellon

U.S. judge halts California plan for warnings on glyphosate

Feb. 27, 2018 at 2:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A federal judge has temporarily blocked California’s plans to require cancer warnings on products containing glyphosate, in a win for manufacturer Monsanto. U.S. District Judge William Shubb said the warnings would be misleading because glyphosate is not known to cause cancer, according to court documents filed […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

Nov. 9, 2017 at 8:58 am CST

London | Reuters – A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), the […]

By Kate Kelland

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