Jurors find Roundup contributed to 2nd man’s cancer

For the second time in eight months, a jury has found that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller contributed to cancer in a second man. Edwin Hardeman case was tried in federal court with thousands more lawsuits pending against Monsanto. Bayer, the global food and nutrition company that bought Monsanto, continued to claim today that glyphosate, the ingredient in Roundup linked to cancer, […]

Slump in insect numbers threatens ‘collapse of nature’

A new study of insect numbers across the globe says that declining insect numbers are threatening a ‘collapse of nature’ unless something is done to address the issue. Over the next few decades, up to 40% of the world’s insect species could be wiped out. The study, ‘Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers‘ and published in […]

Court awards $289 million to man who says Roundup by Monsanto gave him cancer

A former school groundkeeper, Dewayne Johnson, has been awarded $289 million in damages against Monsanto, after suing the pesticide manufacturer in a Californian Court. Jurors agreed that Monsanto’s product, Roundup, had contributed to Johnson’s cancer in what was the first trial against the behemoth with potentially thousands of other lawsuits to follow. Monsanto, which was bought by pharmaceutical giant Bayer, […]

EU refuses to back new licence for glyphosate

The EU last week refused to extend the licence for the use of glyphosate, one of the active ingredients in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killers. The current licence expires at the end of June, meaning the company’s products may have to be removed from shelves.