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It’s become common in the US for farmers to develop cancer, and now lawyers claim that the mystery of why people in their profession experience higher overall...
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By Carey Gillam The firm held town hall gatherings in August in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska seeking clients. Monsanto said the WHO classification is wrong and that glyphosate is among the...
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By Carey Gillam Oct 20 (Reuters) - A plan by California environmental officials to list a commonly used herbicide as cancer-causing should be withdrawn, Monsanto Co told state regulators on Tuesday,...
View ArticleNotice to Monsanto Employees and Former Employees: Zamansky LLC Investigates...
Zamansky LLC announces its investigation of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)(“Monsanto”) and the Monsanto Savings and Investment Plan (the “Plan”) for possible violations of the federal Employee Retirement...
View ArticleMonsanto's Toxic Roundup Herbicide Found in 75 Percent of Rain and Air Samples
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide is toxic, causes insect and weed immunity, and it has been found in 75 percent of air and rain test samples in at least one part of the United States. The US Geological...
View ArticleBermuda Bans Monsanto’s Round-Up
Americas Bermuda’s Minister of Health, Jeanne Atherden has issued a declaration temporarily banning any further imports of Monsanto’s best-selling chemical, RoundUp, due to its glyphosate content....
View ArticleFrance Halts Sales of Weed Killer Roundup at Garden Centers (Parker Waichman...
(Source: Parker Waichman LLP) France Halts Sales of Weed Killer Roundup at Garden Centers Jun 17, 2015 Three months after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World...
View ArticleMonsanto says 'expert panel' to review WHO finding on cancer link to herbicide
July 14 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co, maker of one of the world's most widely used herbicides Roundup, said Tuesday that a panel of scientific experts will review the findings of...
View ArticleMonsanto's Roundup weedkiller can 'probably' cause cancer, warns World Health...
Monsanto's Roundup – one of the world's most popular weed killers – can "probably" cause cancer, according to United Nations health chiefs. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) cancer arm has...
View ArticleWHO unit finds 2,4-D herbicide 'possibly' causes cancer in humans
n">A widely used farm chemical used as a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences "possibly" causes cancer in humans, a World Health Organization research unit has determined....
View ArticleWHO: Monsanto weed killer can 'probably' cause cancer
(Reuters) The world’s most widely-used weed killer can “probably” cause cancer, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO’s cancer arm, the International Agency for Research on...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Environmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly demise
(Adds EPA comment, paragraphs 5, 6) By Carey Gillam n">Feb 27 (Reuters) - An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers that a widely used...
View ArticleMonsanto Expects 2014 Approval Of GM Soybean Resistant To Stronger Herbicides
Monsanto’s chief technology officer Robert Fraley said the company is “on track for U.S. regulatory approval toward the end of the year.” International approvals are anticipated by Monsanto in 2015....
View ArticleEnvironmental group sues U.S. EPA over monarch butterfly demise
n">Feb 27 (Reuters) - An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers of a widely used herbicide on the declining monarch butterfly...
View Article‘Carcinogenic’ weed killer: Malta will await new EU legislation before...
Malta will not ban the use of glyphosate - an active ingredient found in the weed killer known as Roundup - unless the EU imposes a ban or introduces new procedures related to its use, the Malta...
View ArticleMonsanto requests WHO to retract report on cancer risk from Roundup weed killer
A report published online on March 20 in the journal The Lancet Oncology by the World Health Organization (WHO) claimed that Roundup, the most popular weed killer in the US, and possibly the world,...
View ArticleMonsanto sued in Los Angeles County for false advertising
Today a class action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County, California against the Monsanto corporation. The suit alleges that Monsanto is guilty of false advertising by claiming that glyphosate, the...
View ArticleMonsanto's Roundup weedkiller banned from French garden centres over...
France has announced a ban on over the counter sales of a brand of weedkiller from garden centres after the active ingredient was classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by the UN. The UN’s...
View ArticlePETITION: Tell world leaders to ban herbicide glyphosate, which has been...
The World Health Organization recently declared that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide RoundUp, “probably” causes cancer. Scientific experts around the world agree that the poison...
View ArticleMonsanto to invest more than $1 bln in dicamba herbicide production
By Carey Gillam June 24 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co's efforts to expand its agrichemical interests beyond what has long been its bread-and-butter glyphosate herbicide business were underscored on Wednesday...
View Article58 Reasons not to use Roundup
Over a hundred million pounds of Roundup are applied on U.S. farms, lawns, parks, playgrounds and golf courses every year. Monsanto and its many well-funded researchers have been assuring us for years...
View ArticleWHO Says Weed Killer ‘Possibly’ Causes Cancer, Is Dow AgroSciences 2,4-D...
The Dow weed killer, 2,4-D has now been classified as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” by the IARC. The classification is just one step below the “probably carcinogenic” category. The findings of the...
View ArticleFrance Bans Monsanto Herbicide Roundup: Should United States Follow Suit?
Although Roundup is said to be the “star” of the Monsanto company, there is a significant health concern tied to the product. The active ingredient in Roundup is a substance known as glyphosate....
View ArticleCORRECTED-UPDATE 1-WHO unit finds 2,4-D herbicide 'possibly' causes cancer in...
(Corrects 10th paragraph to drop words "epidemiological studies" to reflect that evidence was not derived from those types of studies) By Carey Gillam June 22 (Reuters) - A widely used farm chemical...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-WHO unit finds 2,4-D herbicide 'possibly' causes cancer in humans
(Adds Dow statement and PANNA statement) By Carey Gillam June 22 (Reuters) - A widely used farm chemical that is a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences "possibly" causes...
View ArticleMonsanto weed killer can 'probably' cause cancer -World Health Organization
CHICAGO, March 20 (Reuters) - The world's most widely-used weed killer can "probably" cause cancer, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO's cancer arm, the International Agency for...
View ArticlePopular herbicide may indeed cause cancer, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) just picked a fight with one of the world's top agrochemical giants, Monsanto. A 17-member WHO panel from 11 countries recently met to evaluate the evidence that...
View ArticleMonsanto weed killer can 'probably' cause cancer: World Health Organization
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The world's most widely-used weed killer can "probably" cause cancer, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO's cancer arm, the International Agency for Research on...
View ArticleHerbicide 2,4-D 'possibly' causes cancer, World Health Organisation study finds
Lack of definitive evidence on widely used chemical sways scientists away from ‘probable’ rating recently given to glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup...
View ArticleEU assessing WHO’s research on ‘probable cancer-causing’ weed killer...
The EU is currently assessing the World Health Organisation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) research on glyphosate – an active ingredient found in the weed killer known as Roundup...
View ArticleMonsanto says panel to review WHO finding on cancer link to herbicide
(Adds comment by Monsanto president, details on how panel will work, background) By Carey Gillam July 14 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co, whose Roundup product is one of the world's most widely used...
View ArticleMonsanto seeks retraction for report linking herbicide to cancer
n">(Reuters) - Monsanto Co, maker of the world's most widely used herbicide, Roundup, wants an international health organization to retract a report linking the chief ingredient in Roundup to...
View ArticleMonsanto weed killer probably causes cancer says WHO
According to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the most popular weed killer in the US, and possibly the world, “probably” causes cancer. It also noted that there was "limited...
View ArticleAgricultural Workers Diagnosed With Cancer Sue Monsanto
Monsanto is being sued again, this time by 2 separate agricultural workers who allege the agribusiness’ Roundup herbicide caused their...
View ArticleMonsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Probably Causes Cancer
Americas, Argentina, USA Monsanto’s Roundup, the world’s most widely-used weed killer can “probably” cause cancer, the World Health Organization said in a new report. The World Health Organization’s...
View ArticleU.S. Workers Sue Monsanto Claiming Herbicide Caused Cancer
A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto Co.’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers...
View ArticleEU downplays cancer risk from weedkiller in win for Monsanto
Brussels (AFP) - A highly sensitive EU report on Thursday claimed one of the world's most popular weedkillers is "unlikely" to cause cancer, countering the UN and handing a victory to agri-business...
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