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10/25/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Judge affirms “guilty” verdict against Monsanto’s glyphosate herbicide, reduces punitive damages to $39 million

The tide is finally turning against the world’s most evil corporation, and natural health advocates worldwide are celebrating. Over 8,000 lawsuits have been filed against Bayer AG’s Monsanto division by plaintiffs claiming that long-term exposure to the company’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, caused their cancer. In the first of these cases, a jury found in […]

09/04/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Vietnam demands Monsanto pay hundreds of millions in damages to victims of Agent Orange

A recent U.S. court ruling that forced Monsanto to pay out more than $289 million to school a groundskeeper who got terminal cancer after using its Roundup weed killer is reigniting calls by Vietnam for the company to compensate victims of its Agent Orange chemical. Monsanto supplied Agent Orange to the U.S. military during the […]

03/16/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Court upholds Arkansas decision to ban dicamba herbicide

It’s back to the drawing board for Monsanto, after an Arkansas state judge refused to overturn a ban on the use of the company’s dicamba herbicide between April 16 and October 31. According to the Associated Press, Judge Chris Piazza of the Pulaski County Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit by Monsanto which sought to overturn […]

02/07/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Incriminating documents reveal Monsanto knew they were poisoning the environment with their PCBs

Documents that have come to light recently show that Monsanto continued to make and sell polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for eight years after they knew that they were hazardous to the environment and human health. The firm was already exposed for this practice when internal documents were digitized and posted as part of the Poison Papers […]

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