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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a $25-million verdict against the maker of Roundup, a weed killer that thousands of litigants blame for causing their cancers. The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Monsanto Co., the manufacturer of the herbicide, ruling 2-1 that $20 million in punitive damages, “while close to the outer limits,” was constitutional. A jury in 2019 awarded cancer victim Edwin Hardeman $5.3 million in compensation for his illness and $75 million in punitive damages, which are intended to punish a defe...

by Colin Todhunter / April 30th, 2021 On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason wrote to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA). She wanted to draw the agency’s attention to the findings that indicate the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees (glyphosate-formulated herbicides are the most widely used weedicides in agriculture across the globe). This, Mason argued, has led to a decline of bumblebees in Denmark. She asked the agency why it had used “fraudulent...

Bayer Accused of Paying Plaintiff to Appeal Roundup-based Lawsuit to 11th Circuit 6 hours ago Bayer allegedly paid John Carson, a plaintiff who alleged the herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, to appeal a lawsuit against its subsidiary, Monsanto, to the Eleventh Circuit, according to Thursday’s filing in the lawsuit by other plaintiffs with similar claims against Monsanto in separate lawsuits.  Reportedly, Bayer hoped that this appeal of the court’s dismissal of some of Carson’s claims would set a precedent, which could help the agriculture giant in many of the other lawsuits filed aga...

Bayer And Plaintiffs Try Again To Settle Roundup Weed Killer Litigation Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail Bay City News Foundation Bayer AG has reached a settlement to resolve many current and anticipated future claims against its agrochemical subsidiary Monsanto Company arising from its Roundup weed killer, alleged to cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The settlement, announced Wednesday, was submitted to the U.S. District Court in San Francisco and is subject to approval of U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria, who has presided over federal multi-district litigation involving hu...

The incident happened earlier today at eagle point, west of grand canyon national park in arizona. a tourist in his 50s from hong kong slipping from thousands of feet up while taking photos. the fall happening near the famed grand canyon skywalk. authorities do not believe he survived. next to the $80 million jury award going to a california man who says roundup weed killer caused his cancer. the san francisco jury found that the popular backyard herbicide contributed to edwin hardeman's non-hodgkin's lymphoma. roundup manufacturer monsanto, now owned by bayer, is facing thousands of similar...