Month: August 2020

GMO Answers is a marketing campaign funded by pesticide companies

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GMO Answers is billed as a forum where consumers can get straight answers from independent experts about genetically engineered foods (GMOs) and pesticides. Some journalists have taken it seriously as an unbiased source. But the evidence shows that GMO Answer is an industry funded marketing tool to spin GMOs in a positive light. Documents described GMO Answers is a marketing campaign funded by pesticide companies

Dying man asks California Supreme Court to restore jury award in Monsanto Roundup case

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The school groundskeeper who won the first-ever trial over allegations that Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer is asking the California Supreme Court to restore $250 million in punitive damages awarded by the jury who heard his case but then slashed by an appeals court to $20.5 million. Notably, the appeal by plaintiff Dewayne “Lee” Johnson has Dying man asks California Supreme Court to restore jury award in Monsanto Roundup case

Appeals court denies Monsanto bid for Roundup case rehearing

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A California appeals court on Tuesday rejected Monsanto’s effort to trim $4 million from the amount of money it owes a California groundskeeper who is struggling to survive cancer that a jury found was caused by the man’s exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides. The Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District of California also Appeals court denies Monsanto bid for Roundup case rehearing

New weed killer studies raise concern for reproductive health

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As Bayer AG seeks to discount concerns that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer, several new studies are raising questions about the chemical’s potential impact on reproductive health. An assortment of animal studies released this summer indicate that glyphosate exposures impact reproductive organs and could threaten fertility, adding fresh evidence that the weed killing agent might New weed killer studies raise concern for reproductive health

U.S. study shows switch to organic diet can quickly clear pesticide from our bodies

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A new study published Tuesday found that after switching to an organic diet for just a few days, people could cut the levels of a pesticide linked to cancer found in their urine by more than 70 percent. The researchers collected a total of 158 urine samples from four families –seven adults and nine children U.S. study shows switch to organic diet can quickly clear pesticide from our bodies

Bayer asks appeals court to again cut Roundup damage award owed to California groundskeeper with cancer

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Bayer is asking a California appeals court to trim $4 million from the amount of money it owes a California groundskeeper struggling to survive cancer that a trial court found was caused by the man’s exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides. In a “petition for rehearing” filed Monday with the Court of Appeal for the First Bayer asks appeals court to again cut Roundup damage award owed to California groundskeeper with cancer

Coca-Cola Front Group Tried to Obscure Coke’s Funding & Key Role, Study Says

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For Immediate Release: Monday, August 3rd 2020 at 11am EDT For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin +1 415 944 7350 Coca-Cola Front Group Tried to Obscure Coke’s Funding & Key Role, Study Says Coca-Cola Kept “Email Family” of Public Health Academic Allies Coca-Cola Co. and academics at its front group Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN) Coca-Cola Front Group Tried to Obscure Coke’s Funding & Key Role, Study Says