FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) — Germany’s Bayer seeks to repair its reputation after damage caused by litigation in United States over claims its glyphosate pesticide causes cancer. It has promised to invest five billion euros (C$7.5 billion) in weed killer research. Bayer’s shares hit seven-year lows after a California couple was last month awarded more than […] Read more
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Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in weedkiller research to help reputation
FRANKFURT, June 14 (Reuters) – Germany’s Bayer sought to repair its reputation on Friday after damage caused by U.S. litigation over claims its glyphosate pesticide causes cancer, saying it would invest 5 billion euros (CDN $7.5 billion) in weedkiller research. Bayer’s shares hit seven-year lows after a California couple was last month awarded more than […] Read more
U.S. releases clear stance on glyphosate
Len Ritter has been a toxicologist for more than four decades and during his career he’s read thousands of reports on pesticides. But when the United States Environmental Protection Agency recently said that “glyphosate is not a carcinogen”, Ritter was stunned by the tone and language in the report. “Regulatory agencies are never that clear… […] Read more
Sask. farmer leads Roundup class action
A Moose Jaw farmer is leading a class action lawsuit against Bayer and Monsanto. Garry Gadd, who is in his 50s, was diagnosed with cancer five years ago. The lawsuit contends that exposure to Roundup herbicide contributed to his cancer and the cancer of other Canadians participating in the class action. As well, the suit […] Read more
Sask. farmer leads class action glyphosate lawsuit
A Moose Jaw, Sask., farmer who was diagnosed with cancer five years ago is leading a class action lawsuit against Bayer and Monsanto. The lawsuit, filed in Saskatchewan, contends that exposure to Roundup herbicide contributed to his cancer and the cancer of other Canadians participating in the class action. As well, the suit claims Monsanto, […] Read more
Bayer asks California appeals court to throw out $78 million Roundup verdict
(Reuters) – Bayer AG on Wednesday asked a California appellate court to throw out a $78 million judgment it was ordered to pay to a school groundskeeper who claimed the company’s weed killers gave him cancer. In a filing in California’s Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, the company said that there was “no evidence” […] Read more
U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused man’s cancer
March 19 (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer caused a man’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a bellwether trial that may help determine the course of hundreds of similar cases. The finding by the unanimous jury in San Francisco federal court clears the way for that same jury to determine […] Read more
U.S. trial tests claim chemicals in Roundup caused cancer
(Reuters) — Bayer AG faced a second American jury Feb. 25 over allegations that its popular glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer. The trial comes six months after the company’s share price was rocked by a US$289 million verdict in California state court. The lawsuit by California resident Edwin Hardeman against the company began in […] Read more
U.S. trial tests claims Roundup weed killer caused cancer
REUTERS – Bayer AG on Monday faced a second U.S. jury over allegations that its popular glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer, six months after the company’s share price was rocked by a $289 million verdict in California state court. The lawsuit by California resident Edwin Hardeman against the company began on Monday morning in […] Read more
U.S. judge limits evidence in Roundup cancer trial
(Reuters) — A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide causes cancer has issued a ruling that could severely restrict evidence that the plaintiffs consider crucial to their cases. In a Jan. 3 order, U.S. district judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco granted Bayer unit Monsanto’s request to split an upcoming trial into two […] Read more
