Herbicide Scrutiny Mounts as Resistant Weeds Spread in U.S.
By: Carey GillamConcerns about the world's most popular herbicide continue to mount, as U.S. agricultural experts note spreading weed resistance to glyphosate.As the key ingredient in Monsanto Co's...
View ArticleEffect of Popular Herbicide on Rats Shows it Can Disturb Hormonal Balance
By: Papiya Bhattacharya BENGALURU: A group from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has tested the effects of a commonly used herbicide named Roundup on hormonal balance in rats.In a...
View ArticleKevin Folta's Statements are Hazardous to Your Health
The pro-GMO scientist Kevin Folta claims that people attack his integrity because they can't attack his science. But in reality, he makes many bogus – and extremely dangerous – statements in the name...
View ArticleMonsanto's Sealed Documents Reveal the Truth behind Roundup's Toxicological...
By: Richard Gale and Gary NullThe year 2015 hasn’t been kind to Monsanto. In March, the World Health Organization declared that the company’s flagship product, its herbicide glyphosate or Roundup, is a...
View ArticleMonsanto Sued by Farm Workers Claiming Roundup Caused Their Cancers
By: Lorraine ChowTwo separate U.S. agricultural workers have slapped lawsuits against Monsanto, alleging that Roundup—the agribusiness giant’s flagship herbicide—caused their cancers, and that the...
View ArticleMonsanto Announces Layoffs, Low Earnings - Could the Ag Giant be Suffering...
By: Dawn PappleMonsanto’s profits are slipping and the agriculture giant best known for its GMO Roundup Ready seeds announced Thursday that restructuring will occur, including layoffs. Monsanto missed...
View ArticleMonsanto Fights Back Against Cancer Lawsuits as Company Eliminates 12% of...
By: Lorraine Chow[Update: EcoWatch was provided documentation today, Oct. 9, regarding the Judi Fitzgerald vs. Monsanto Company lawsuit. The documentation dated Oct. 6, says, “Pursuant to Federal Rule...
View ArticleU.S. Lawsuits Build Against Monsanto Over Alleged Roundup Cancer Link
By: Carey GillamPersonal injury law firms around the United States are lining up plaintiffs for what they say could be "mass tort" actions against agrichemical giant Monsanto Co that claim the...
View ArticleMonsanto asks California to Pull Plan to List Herbicide as Cancer Cause
By: Casey GillamA plan by California environmental officials to list a commonly used herbicide as cancer-causing should be withdrawn, Monsanto Co told state regulators on Tuesday, saying California's...
View ArticleTampons, Sterile Cotton, Sanitary Pads Contaminated with Glyphosate - Study
The vast majority ‒ 85 percent ‒ of tampons, cotton and sanitary products tested in a new Argentinian study contained glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, ruled a likely...
View ArticleFeds Used Monsanto-Funded Studies to Decide Monsanto’s Weed Killer Is Safe
By: Jason BestIn June, the Environmental Protection Agency released the results of its assessment of 52 chemicals and the likelihood that any of them could be classified as endocrine disruptors—those...
View ArticleCalifornia Needs to Rid the Valley of Cancer-Causing Pesticide
By: Jonathan EvansTen million pounds. It’s hard to wrap your head around that number, but that was the amount of glyphosate, commonly known by its brand name Roundup, used in California in 2013.As a...
View ArticleNRDC Has Glyphosate Concerns
The European Food Safety Authority has concluded that glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer and is allowing it to stay on the market. Natural Resource Defense Council’s Senior Scientist Dr. Jennifer...
View ArticleEFSA and Member States vs. IARC on Glyphosate: Has Science Won?
Monsanto and the pesticide industry breathed a collective sigh of relief on 12 November 2015. The findings of an investigation into the toxicity of glyphosate by the European Food Safety Authority...
View ArticleMonsanto-Hired panel disputes WHO report on ‘Carcinogenic’ Herbicide
In an effort to reassure global consumers of Monsanto’s leading product, a team assembled by the agrochemical giant is challenging the World Health Organization (WHO)’s conclusion which deemed Roundup...
View ArticleMonsanto Increases Job Cuts as Corn, Chemical Sales Slump
By: P.J. Huffstutter and Tom PolansekMonsanto Co said a souring farm economy and currency woes will push its 2016 earnings to the lower end of expectations, while a cost-cutting drive will lead the...
View ArticleMonsanto Cuts 16% of Work Force as Sales in Roundup Herbicide Fall 34%
Monsanto announced Wednesday that sales in the company’s agricultural productivity segment, which includes its probable carcinogen Roundup herbicide, fell 34 % to $820 million. Monsanto’s shares fell...
View ArticleEU Food Safety Watchdog hits back at Scientists in Glyphosate Row
By: Barbara LewisThe head of Europe's food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in a row about the safety of weed-killer ingredient...
View ArticleMonsanto Sues to Keep Herbicide off California List of Carcinogens
By: Karl PlumeMonsanto Co stepped up its defense of a widely used weed killer on Thursday by filing a lawsuit in California seeking to prevent glyphosate, the main ingredient in its Roundup herbicide,...
View ArticleMonsanto’s Glyphosate Most Heavily Used Weed Killer in History
By: Lorraine ChowGlyphosate, the main ingredient in the Monsanto’s flagship product Roundup, is now the “most widely applied pesticide worldwide,” according to a report published today in the...
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