Tag: glyphosate

"Like all of its other products and campaigns, Monsanto's motion is equal parts poison, deception and chutzpah."

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup brand of weed-killers, and research by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has found that it is a probable human carcinogen.

Plaintiffs in the case insist that Monsanto promotes false and misleading representations of Roundup through their marketing.

It’s no wonder Monsanto can’t wait to hand over the keys to Bayer. Things are getting messy. For consumers and environmentalists, it’s a beautiful mess.

Despite the EPA's ultimate conclusion, the mouse study was among those cited by IARC for classifying glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen.

American regulators are dismissing key scientific data and continuing to raise the allowable limits for glyphosate residue in food.

The groups are asking for equitable relief on behalf of the general public.

The revelations from the unsealed Monsanto emails underscore the vital need for independent science and transparency.

Much more research is needed to understand the impact on human health of chronic dietary exposures to pesticides.

The biotech giant refutes the classification and insists that glyphosate is safe and does not cause cancer.