RoundUp Lawsuits
Exposure to RoundUp May Increase Risk of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Other Cancers. Lawsuits Reviewed Nationwide.
Exposure to RoundUp May Increase Risk of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and Other Cancers. Lawsuits Reviewed Nationwide.
Prenatal exposure to Roundup had a significant impact on infants who were already expected to be low birth weight, and on babies in disadvantaged communities.
Even short-term Roundup exposure led to brain inflammation, anxiety and early death in mice test subjects, researchers warn.
Bayer replaced glyphosate in Roundup amid concerns about the cancer risks. However, chemicals now used in reformulated Roundup may be 45 times more toxic.
Monsanto and Bayer have lost four out of six Roundup lawsuit trials held in Pennsylvania state court, each involving non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma allegedly caused by the controversial weed killer.
Verdict comes as Bayer and its Monsanto subsidiary prepare to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the nationwide Roundup litigation.
Ruling contradicts an opinion issued by the Eleventh Circuit earlier this year, setting the stage for U.S. Supreme Court to potentially decide whether Roundup lawsuits can move forward over non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risks
Bayer officials want to prevent states from stepping in to protect consumers when they feel the EPA has failed to warn them of Roundup cancer risks.
The emergency order comes after EPA struggled for years to get data on the side effects of Dacthal on human thyroid function.
Proposed legislation that would enact uniform pesticide labeling may prevent failure to warn lawsuits from being pursued under state laws, which may have more stringent label standards than the EPA.