Nation Mar 24 Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press
Health Jun 18 Court rejects Trump-era EPA finding that Roundup weed killer is safe The California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reexamine its 2020 finding that glyphosate did not pose a health risk for people exposed to it by any means — on farms, yards or roadsides… By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Nation May 13 Jury orders Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case The Oakland jury on Monday delivered Monsanto's third such loss in California since August. By Associated Press
Health Apr 08 What you need to know about a popular weed killer’s alleged link to cancer You have the questions about glyphosate, Roundup and cancer. We have the answers. By Marla Cone, Kaiser Health News
Nation Mar 19 Jury decides Roundup weed killer was major factor in man’s cancer The unanimous verdict by the six-person jury in federal court in San Francisco came in a lawsuit filed against Roundup's manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto, which says studies have established that Roundup's active ingredient is safe. By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
Oct 10 California judge will order new trial over jury’s $289 million Roundup award By Associated Press San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos said in a tentative ruling Wednesday that she would order a new trial in a $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto brought by a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed-killer caused his… Continue reading
Aug 11 Jury awards $289 million to man who blames Roundup for cancer By Paul Elias, Associated Press Dewayne Johnson, 46, alleges that heavy contact with the herbicide caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Continue reading
Mar 29 WHO: Long-cleared Roundup ingredient ‘probably’ causes cancer By Megan Thompson The World Health Organization announced findings that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp line of pesticides, is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”… Continue reading
Mar 11 What We’re Reading: Economic Impact of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Solman is traveling today but we here at Making Sen$e wanted to share a list of reports we've been following on the financial impact of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Though it's too soon to say… Continue reading
Jul 31 Around the Nation, Friday Roundup Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading