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US Supreme Court seeks Justice Department views on Bayer Roundup appeal

Bayer has threatened to pull Roundup from the U.S. market if it’s not granted greater protections

Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Supreme Court asked President Donald Trump's administration on Monday for its views on Bayer's bid to sharply limit lawsuits claiming that the company's Roundup weedkiller causes cancer and potentially avert billions of dollars in damages.


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Glyphosate class action moves forward in Canada

Bayer defends safety of the herbicide, but legal costs may force withdrawal from U.S. market

Reading Time: 4 minutes Multiple law firms across the country – in Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere – are now recruiting Canadians to join a class action lawsuit related to Roundup and cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.






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Mexico delays glyphosate ban as substitute sought

Ban part of controversial plan to reduce reliance on GMO corn for human consumption

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico said it would delay a ban on the use of the herbicide glyphosate after it was unable to identify a substitute, rolling back a commitment that is part of a larger plan to reduce consumption of genetically-modified corn.



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Appeals court blocks California warning labels for glyphosate

Decision important in ongoing lawsuits, Bayer says

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A divided U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday said California cannot require businesses to warn consumers about the potential dangers of glyphosate, an ingredient in Roundup herbicide that has been linked to cancer. Upholding a permanent injunction, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found it unconstitutional to force Bayer’s […] Read more

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Bayer settles with New York over Roundup safety claims

Company blocked from advertising product as non-toxic

Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters — Bayer agreed on Thursday to pay US$6.9 million to settle claims by New York Attorney General Letitia James that it misled consumers by advertising Roundup, which has been linked to cancer, as environmentally safe. The settlement resolves accusations that Bayer and its Monsanto unit failed to substantiate their repeated claims […] Read more