Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure an adequate U.S. supply of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides, the White House said.
Bayer: glyphosate shortages not expected outside U.S. after Trump invokes Defense Production Act to secure supply
Bayer proposes $7.25 billion plan to settle U.S. Roundup cancer suits
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bayer said on Tuesday its Monsanto unit had filed a proposed U.S. class settlement totalling as much as $7.25 billion (C$9.89 billion) aimed at resolving all current and future claims that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
OPINION: Glyphosate — What Indigenous communities have suspected for years about the dangers of the herbicide
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite some conclusions that glyphosate poses no health risk, there have long been concerns regarding its impacts on the environment and human health, particularly from Indigenous communities.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup cases
Reading Time: 3 minutes The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Bayer’s bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that the company’s Roundup weedkiller causes cancer and potentially avert billions of dollars in damages.
Retraction of glyphosate review raises new questions about landmark study
Reading Time: < 1 minute An influential glyphosate review has been withdrawn over ethical issues, but Health Canada says the retraction does not affect its previous assessment.
Trump administration backs Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup lawsuits
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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Bayer’s bid to curtail lawsuits claiming its Roundup herbicide causes cancer.
Bayer CEO: we will have to stop U.S. glyphosate production if nothing changes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer on Wednesday said it would be forced to stop its U.S. production of widely-used farming weedkiller glyphosate unless regulatory or legal changes are made to stave of litigation that has been weighing on the German company.
Bayer adds $1.9 billion to Roundup litigation reserves, raises 2025 sales forecast
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer said on Thursday it had set aside an additional 1.2 billion euros (C$1.9 billion) in provisions to address ongoing litigation in the United States over weed killer Roundup.
French court finds complaint brought by family in Bayer glyphosate case inadmissible, media says
Reading Time: < 1 minute A French court ruled on Thursday that a complaint brought by a family against Bayer claiming their son's disabilities were the result of his mother’s exposure to glyphosate when pregnant was inadmissible, local media reported.
General Mills changing Nature Valley labels after lawsuit’s glyphosate claim
Reading Time: 2 minutes General Mills Inc agreed to stop calling the oats in its Nature Valley granola bars 100 percent natural to settle a lawsuit by three consumer groups that said the bars contained small amounts of glyphosate herbicide, commonly known as Roundup.
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