Monsanto's Roundup herbicide

One would expect the organic wines and beers, and the carefully crafted independent beer brands to be free of glyphosate, as the herbicides are not ... wine industries must—and in many cases are—moving away from Monsanto's Roundup in order to avoid contamination by this harmful chemical herbicide.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The first birth cohort study of its kind has found more than 90 percent of a group of pregnant women in Central Indiana had detectable levels of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the most heavily used herbicide worldwide. Researchers from Indiana University and University of ...

The first major lawsuit targeting Roundup, Monsanto's keystone product, as a carcinogenic product is in the works. And the works are pretty gummed up. Following a 2015 decision by the World Health Organization to label glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's hugely successful Roundup ...

Chhabria will be the first judge to weigh in on the toxicity of the world's most popular herbicide, the source of a heated debate among scientists and ... She showed a map of U.S. use of glyphosate in 1994, two years before Monsanto introduced Roundup Ready seeds — the corn, soybeans, and other crops ...

... officer and blocking a driveway, the protesters ultimately were charged with loitering, an infraction, by the Yolo County District Attorney's Office. The Seminis facililty on Highway 16 has been an occasional target of objectors to Monsanto's production of Roundup herbicide and genetically modified foods.

... deemed glyphosate—the world's most widely used herbicide and the primary weed-killing chemical in Monsanto's Roundup—a probable human carcinogen. .... Many of these farmers say they chose to use glyphosate because they had been led to believe it was so much safer than other herbicides.

Updated | More than 300 lawsuits have been filed on behalf of farmers and others who said that Monsanto's popular weed killer, Roundup, gave them ... Farmer Nicolas Denieul fills his agricultural sprayer with roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide made by Monsanto, in France on December 29, 2017.

A University of California, Los Angeles epidemiologist has testified that she believes the active ingredient in Monsanto's widely used weed killer Roundup can cause cancer. Beate Ritz explained during an unusual federal court hearing in San Francisco on Monday how she evaluated studies to reach her ...

A federal judge has ruled that Monsanto will not have to include cancer warnings on Roundup labels in California, Reuters reports. You may remember that glyphosate is the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup. We covered California's decision to add glyphosate to its Proposition 65 list, which is an ...

Monsanto Company is launching a free mobile app to help growers and applicators successfully apply XtendiMax Herbicide with VaporGrip Technology, ... location-specific weather forecasts, digital record keeping capabilities, and educational resources related to the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System.

SACRAMENTO (CN) – A federal judge on Monday halted California's plan to require Monsanto to place warning labels on its Roundup products, saying scientists haven't shown a clear connection between glyphosate and cancer. U.S. District Judge William Shubb sided with the St. Louis-based chemical ...

Yet Bayer's compromises might not be enough if Missouri-based Monsanto's legal troubles throw a wrench in the works: The agrochemical giant currently faces 2,200 law suits in the US alone, which claim Monsanto's flagship product, Roundup, and more specifically its main ingredient glyphosate, causes ...

A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred California environmental officials from requiring cancer warnings on food products that contain traces of the herbicide glyphosate. The injunction by U.S. District Judge William Shubb leaves glyphosate on the state's so-called Proposition 65 list as a “chemical ...

As the main ingredient in the world's most widely used herbicide, Monsanto's Roundup, the ramifications for human health are huge. Some of the medical ... On top of that, glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup have been found to contain toxic levels of arsenic and other heavy metals. In the study, 22 ...

WASHINGTON – Republicans in Washington are threatening to cut U.S. funding for the World Health Organization's cancer research program over its finding that the herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans. House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith says the 2015 finding by the ...

Monsanto says all of that research is wrong, this international agency is wrong and that this product is among the safest in the world, among the safest for people to use. RT: In the 1980s we were told by the EPA that Roundup causes cancer, then in the 1990s they said it didn't. And in between you have ...

She says health experts around the world recognize that pesticides like Monsanto's Roundup are a major contributor to a range of health problems, but by concealing the truth and manipulating public opinion, they have successfully put even more pesticides on the market. What are the consequences of ...

“Glyphosate is the most heavily used herbicide worldwide but the extent of exposure in human pregnancy remains unknown,” Indiana University researchers write in the journal Environmental Health. The chemical is the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup spray, which accompanies the company's ...

St. Louis-based Monsanto also sells seeds that can tolerate being sprayed with glyphosate as the surrounding weeds die, ensuring another stream of business that has helped it dominate the market for genetically modified crops. But the herbicide came under increasing scrutiny after the International ...

Law360, San Francisco (March 5, 2018, 11:31 PM EST) -- Consumers in multidistrict litigation alleging Roundup gave them cancer fought back Monday against Monsanto's bid to scrap all expert testimony and end the case, calling a parade of experts to testify that scientific evidence backs up their claims the weed killer is a ...

Many regulators have rejected the link, and Monsanto vehemently denies it and says hundreds of studies have found glyphosate — Roundup's active ... But the herbicide came under increasing scrutiny after the International Agency for Research on Cancer, based in Lyon, France — part of the World Health ...

A federal judge is reviewing claims that the active ingredient in Monsanto's widely used weed killer Roundup can cause cancer. ... But the herbicide came under increasing scrutiny after the International Agency for Research on Cancer, based in Lyon, France — part of the World Health Organization ...