Childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome have increased at an alarming rate in the United States, specifically among populations of color. A new study released by UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health found that children exposed to weed killers containing glyphosate and AMPA were at a…
A recent study has found a link between exposure during pregnancy to glyphosate, the active ingredient in popular weed killer Roundup, and increased risk of low birth weight and time in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). This finding is the latest in a laundry…
Researchers have found a link between thyroid cancer and certain pesticides in a new study highlighting concerns about how exposure affects human health. Study authors from the University of California, Los Angeles, reviewed more than 2,000 thyroid cancer cases and found an association between pesticide…
The Supreme Court has rejected two bids from Bayer to stop lawsuits alleging that the company failed to warn the public about the health risks associated with weed killer Roundup. Bayer is facing thousands of Roundup lawsuits that claim the popular herbicide causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma…
Early in May, President Biden and his administration urged the Supreme Court not to hear an appeal regarding Roundup and its manufacturer Bayer. The case in question is Hardeman v. Monsanto Co., originally filed and argued in California. The plaintiff, Edwin Hardeman, believed that Roundup…
Around 125,000 lawsuits have been filed against Bayer, the company that sells Roundup, the well-known and widely popular weed killer used at home and commercially in the U.S. and around the world. In 2018, Bayer purchased Monsanto, the company that first developed Roundup in the…
The United States Supreme Court asked President Joe Biden’s administration on Dec. 13 for its opinion on whether they should hear a landmark product liability case against pharmaceutical giant Bayer. The company’s best-selling herbicide, Roundup, has been under fire since 2018 for its link to…
We’ve seen the product in commercials, grocery store aisles and our backyards for years. Roundup, initially manufactured by the infamous Monsanto, is the most popular herbicide in the world. And you might assume that something so common in our everyday lives is perfectly safe. But…
Roundup is an effective, broad-spectrum herbicide used more than any other herbicide in the world. It was introduced by Monsanto in 1974; in 2018, Monsanto was purchased by Bayer. The first Roundup lawsuit was filed that same year, and Bayer has been facing mounting foes…
Bayer, a company struggling for years to settle claims with those who say its weedkiller, Roundup, caused their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, reached a $2 billion settlement recently to resolve future claims, according to Reuters. Bayer, which inherited Roundup from Monsanto in a 2018 purchase of the company, maintains that…