Take a walk through any home and garden department of a hardware or other home goods retailer and you’re likely to find gallons and gallons of Roundup on the store’s shelves. And if you’ve been following the conversation around glyphosate, you might be tempted to think that you’re safe from all the controversy and risk because you don’t buy it. In some cases, you might not even have a ...
Additional Studies Show the True Extent of Glyphosate Exposure in the United States
Posted October 25, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
New Roundup Lawsuits Continue Throwing Light on Possible EPA Failure
Posted September 9, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
A new series of lawsuits has been filed against Roundup maker Bayer over allegations that the key ingredient in the weedkiller causes cancer. Over 125,000 lawsuits have been filed in the matter thus far and even as Bayer plans to remove glyphosate from the product, the company is girding for a bumpy ride moving forward.
To date, the alleged link between glyphosate – the key ingredient ...
continue reading...Supreme Court Rules Roundup Lawsuits Can Continue
Posted July 22, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
After years of trials and appeals at every decision not in its favor, Bayer was dealt a crushing blow last month when the United States Supreme Court ruled that lawsuits over its flagship weedkiller Roundup and its controversial main ingredient would be allowed to continue. The Court also ruled that the $25 million judgement in favor of one of the first plaintiffs in the lawsuits ...
Federal Court Upholds Hardeman Roundup Cancer Verdict
Posted May 27, 2021 in Product News and Recalls
When a jury awarded Edwin Hardeman $80 million in April of 2019, it was just the start of a long, arduous battle to keep the funds that were supposed to compensate him for what would be lost from his life as he fought non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The jury concluded that his condition was caused by sustained exposure to glyphosate; the key ingredient in Bayer’s flagship weed killer Roundup.
His attorney did ...
continue reading...Bayer Agrees to $2 Billion Settlement for Future Roundup Claims
Posted February 20, 2021 in Product News and Recalls | roundup
After setting aside nearly $10 billion to settle over 125,000 claims from victims who alleged that Bayer’s flagship weed killer Roundup gave them cancer, the corporation has set aside another $2 billion for those whose cancer has not yet been diagnosed, but could be attributed to exposure to the product.
News of the agreement arrived in the first days of February and largely ...
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A trove of new documents finally made public show that Bayer did not report a significant number of the reports of injuries it received over its Essure contraceptive device. Touted as a safe alternative to surgical sterilization, Essure would, instead, leave tens of thousands of women with intense bleeding and unbearable pain.
A legal maneuver by advocacy group Public Justice led to the release of the information. The hundreds of ...
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