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# Monsanto

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# Monsanto
US judge slashes damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer case from €66 million to €17 million
The judge said that while Monsanto’s conduct was “reprehensible”, it didn’t justify the damages awarded.
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Jul 16th 2019, 7:17 AM
# Monsanto
Couple who claimed Roundup weedkiller caused their cancer awarded $2 billion in damages
A jury in California ordered the payout in what the couple’s legal team called a “historic” damages award.
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May 14th 2019, 7:06 AM
# lasso
French court upholds guilty verdict against Monsanto over poisoning of farmer who used its weedkiller
This is the latest legal setback for the company over its controversial pesticides.
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Apr 11th 2019, 10:42 PM
# Roundup
Man awarded $80 million after claiming weed killer caused his cancer
A US jury found that the product lacked sufficient warnings of potential risk.
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Mar 28th 2019, 9:44 AM
# Monsanto
Company behind Roundup weedkiller still told to pay €68 million to gardener living with cancer after judge ruling
The ruling in this case has been called the “tip of the spear” in terms of cases being brought against Monsanto.
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Oct 23rd 2018, 7:08 AM
# Monsanto
Maker of Roundup says weedkiller is 'safe', vows to fight €254 million penalty over its links to cancer
The €254 million payout is expected to open the door to a slew of similar cases against Monsanto, manufacturer of Roundup.
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Aug 12th 2018, 2:32 PM
# landmark judgement
Company behind Roundup weedkiller ordered to pay €254 million to gardener living with cancer
The landmark ruling could open the door for a slew of similar lawsuits against pesticide giant Monsanto.
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Aug 11th 2018, 7:57 AM
# roundup trial
'Day of reckoning' for globally popular weedkiller Roundup as €344 million cancer trial comes to a head
The verdict in the trial, instigated by terminally ill Dewayne Johnson, could leave Roundup manufacturer Monsanto facing hundreds of additional lawsuits.
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Aug 8th 2018, 7:39 AM
# glyphosate
Dublin City Council to trial alternative to controversial Monsanto weedkiller in parks and on streets
A 2015 study by the World Health Organisation concluded that glyphosate was “probably carcinogenic” to humans.
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May 16th 2018, 2:08 PM
# The Monsanto Years
€58 billion deal to buy controversial Monsanto corporation called a "marriage made in hell"
Farmers and environmentalists are not pleased.
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Sep 14th 2016, 8:17 PM
# food for thought
EU countries won't be able to opt out from genetically-modified food
…For now, at least.
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Oct 28th 2015, 5:08 PM
# harmful
Potentially cancer-causing herbicide used on Dublin's streets
The World Health Organisation’s International Agency on the Research of Cancer has branded glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic” to humans.
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Jul 14th 2015, 6:15 AM
# GM CORN
France orders probe after rat study links GM corn, cancer
Rats developed tumours after taking Monsanto’s genetically modified corn.
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Sep 19th 2012, 5:32 PM
# Food
EU places limits on modified honey
Environmental activists have welcomed today’s ruling, saying it is “a victory for beekeepers, consumers and the movement for GM-free agriculture in Europe”.
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Sep 6th 2011, 4:46 PM