organicauthority : reported that Hundreds Sue Monsanto Over Herbicide Cancer Link

Related on Organic AuthorityLow-Level Glyphosate Exposure Causes Liver Damage, New Study ShowsBreakfast with Monsanto: Glyphosate Found in Nearly Half of Breakfast Foods, Study FindsMonsanto Denied Request to Overturn California Cancer Warning on Roundup Weed Killer As the World Health Organization concluded in March 2015 that there was "limited evidence of carcinogenicity" with regards to glyphosate, this statute of limitations will soon expire. "They see thousands and thousands of potential plaintiffs, not just in the U.S., but around the world," she says. While Monsanto's glyphosate patent expired 17 years ago, the cases target the company, which developed the chemical in 1970. "Initially when these cases started to be filed, I was skeptical because Monsanto has such a strong track record of prevailing in court," said Gillam.

EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto 'Kill' Cancer Study

Monsanto StatementMonsanto vice president of global strategy Scott Partridge said in a phone interview that it would be "remarkable" if Monsanto could manipulate the EPA under the Obama administration. The unsealing of the court documents "represents a huge development in public health," said Tim Litzenburg, one of the lawyers suing Monsanto. The unsealed emails represent "a natural flow of information" between the company and the EPA, Partridge said. Another internal Monsanto memorandum unsealed on Tuesday said the ATSDR, as the federal toxics agency is known, "agreed, for now, to take direction from EPA." The boast was made during an April 2015 phone conversation, according to farmers and others who say they've been sickened by the weed killer.

Plaintiffs: Monsanto Wrote Cancer Studies of Own Weed Killer

Monsanto Ghostwrote Cancer Studies of Its Own Weed Killer, Plaintiffs in Lawsuit SayEmployees of Monsanto ghostwrote scientific reports that U.S. regulators relied on to determine that a chemical in its Roundup weed killer does not cause cancer, farmers and others suing the company claimed in court filings. In an email, a Monsanto ( mon ) spokeswoman denied that Monsanto scientists ghostwrote the 2000 report but did not directly address the 2013 report. A California state court judge on Friday in a separate lawsuit ruled that California could classify glyphosate as a cancer risk. Another filing focused on Jess Rowland, a former deputy director at the Environmental Protection Agency who chaired a committee on cancer risk and who plaintiffs say worked with Monsanto to suppress studies of glyphosate. The case is In re Roundup Products Liability Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No.



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