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‘Should I Throw Out My Cheerios?’ and Other Questions About Roundup in Children’s Food

‘Should I Throw Out My Cheerios?’ and Other Questions About Roundup in Children’s Food

By Sarah Graddy Recently, Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a headline-making report on Roundup in children’s cereal and other oat-based foods. Much of the news coverage agrees with us that parents should be concerned. Some says you shouldn’t panic, and pro-pesticide interests accuse us of fear-mongering. So what should you believe—and more importantly, what should […]

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    Roundup for Breakfast? Weed Killer Found in Kids’ Cereals, Other Oat-Based Foods

    Roundup for Breakfast? Weed Killer Found in Kids’ Cereals, Other Oat-Based Foods

    Popular oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars come with a hefty dose of the weed-killing poison in Monsanto’s Roundup, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). These new findings come days after a California jury awarded $289 million to a school groundskeeper who claimed Roundup gave him lymphoma. #Monsanto […]

    Monsanto Cancer Ruling Sparks Backlash Around the Globe

    Monsanto Cancer Ruling Sparks Backlash Around the Globe

    Glyphosate, the world’s most popular herbicide, is at the center of international scrutiny after a San Francisco court on Friday decided in favor of a California school groundskeeper with terminal cancer. The jury ruled that the plaintiff, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, developed cancer from repeated exposure to Roundup, Monsanto‘s widely used glyphosate-based weedkiller, and ordered the […]

    What Would a Monsanto-Bayer Merger Really Grow?

    What Would a Monsanto-Bayer Merger Really Grow?

    By Courtney Lindwall A megamerger between two of the world’s biggest agricultural corporations looms on the horizon. The seed and pesticide giant Monsanto is inching closer to uniting with the German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer—a consolidation that could spell disaster for farmers, pollinators, and affordable, healthy food. Here’s why the Monsanto-Bayer merger is a […]

    Federal Judge Bans Use of Glyphosate in Brazil

    Federal Judge Bans Use of Glyphosate in Brazil

    A federal judge in Brazil ordered the suspension of products containing glyphosate until the government re-evaluates the chemical’s toxicology, Reuters reported Monday, citing legal papers. The decision prohibits the registration of new products containing the herbicide and suspends existing registrations within the next 30 days, the report said. The ruling affects Monsanto, the maker of […]

    Man Dying of Cancer Testifies in Landmark Case Against Monsanto

    Man Dying of Cancer Testifies in Landmark Case Against Monsanto

    A former school groundskeeper in California testified Monday in a landmark lawsuit claiming that repeated exposure to Monsanto‘s popular Roundup weedkiller caused his terminal cancer. “I would never have sprayed the product around school grounds or around people if I thought it would cause them harm,” the 46-year-old Dewayne “Lee” Johnson told the San Francisco […]

    More Than 400 Glyphosate Cancer Lawsuits Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules

    More Than 400 Glyphosate Cancer Lawsuits Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules

    A federal judge presiding over more than 400 lawsuits claiming that glyphosate—the active ingredient in Monsanto‘s Roundup weed killer—causes cancer ruled Tuesday that the plaintiffs could present their evidence in court, ABC reported. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said the evidence presented by experts in March hearings linking glyphosate to a type of cancer called […]

    Opening Statements Set for Monday in Monsanto Cancer Trial

    Opening Statements Set for Monday in Monsanto Cancer Trial

    By Carey Gillam Let the battle begin. Opening statements are slated for Monday in the landmark legal case that for the first time puts Monsanto and its Roundup herbicide on trial over allegations that the company’s widely used weed killer can cause cancer. Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a San Francisco-area school groundskeeper who used a form […]