By HNN Staff | October 24, 2019 at 4:19 PM HST – Updated October 25 at 12:40 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) –...
Tag: Monsanto
Thailand to Ban Glyphosate and Other High-Profile Pesticides
Thailand edged closer Tuesday to banning glyphosate and two other controversial pesticides despite protests from farmers in a multi-billion-dollar agriculture...
Second Aussie farmer launches legal action against Monsanto over Roundup cancer claims
A second Australian farmer has launched legal action against chemical manufacturer Monsanto, alleging prolonged use of their Roundup product is...
Alameda County judge reduces $2 billion jury award in Monsanto case to $86.7 million
An Alameda County judge on Thursday upheld a jury’s verdict that Monsanto’s widely used Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a...
E.P.A. Won’t Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the...
USDA IDENTIFIES TWO MONSANTO STRAINS IN ROGUE GMO WHEAT IN WASHINGTON STATE
The GMO wheat discovered growing wild in a Washington State field this spring actually sprouted from two different strains developed...
Judge Cuts Amount Monsanto Owner Bayer Owes Cancer Victim
A federal judge has slashed the punitive damages a jury ordered Monsanto to pay to cancer victim Edwin Hardeman from...
U.S. Annually Uses 388 Million Pounds of Potentially Fatal Pesticides Banned in the EU, China and Brazil
When it comes to banning harmful pesticides, the U.S. lags behind the European Union (E.U.), China and Brazil, according to a...
Roundup’s Risks Could Go Well Beyond Cancer
Evidence of the cheap herbicide’s danger to biological functions and the environment continues to mount. Why are U.S. regulators not...