The Parkinson’s Foundation and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in South Carolina are hosting a virtual symposium next month for all veterans with Parkinson’s disease across the United States. The symposium, which is slated for March 20, is part of a coordinated effort to help veterans and […]
Bayer, the maker of the highly controversial Roundup weed killer, has announced a plan to settle most of the Roundup cancer lawsuits currently pending against the company, as well as possible future claims, for more than $10 billion. The announcement came on June 24, 2020, after years of litigation from farmers, agricultural workers, groundskeepers, homeowners
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Bayer AG has agreed to pay $39.5 million to resolve allegations that its Monsanto subsidiary made false and misleading claims in advertisements about Roundup and the potential health risks the controversial weed killer may pose for humans and animals. As part of the settlement agreement, the company will remove from the Roundup Weed and Grass
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Bayer AG, the company that acquired Monsanto in 2018, and its legal woes along with it, is said to have proposed an $8 billion deal to settle more than 18,000 lawsuits alleging that its controversial weed killer, Roundup, causes cancer. The proposed payout, which could take months to work out, is less than the $10
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A federal jury in San Francisco awarded plaintiff Edwin Hardeman more than $80 million in damages late last month, after determining that exposure to the popular weed killer, Roundup, was a substantial factor in his development of cancer. According to Hardeman’s lawsuit, the California resident was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in February 2015, after more
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Bayer, the new owner of Monsanto, the company responsible for manufacturing the controversial weed killer Roundup, reported last month that the number of lawsuits filed over side effects of Roundup exposure has skyrocketed to 8,000, following the recent $289.2 million Roundup verdict handed down in a California court. The multimillion-dollar lawsuit, which marks the first
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