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Groundskeeper Accepts Final Award in Roundup Case Against Bayer (Monsanto)

November 2, 2018

San Francisco, CA—Dewayne Johnson accepted the final $78 million award, reduced from the jury’s initial $289 million award, according to NPR. Johnson used to work at a groundskeeper, where he routinely used Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup. He alleged that the herbicide caused his non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and that Monsanto failed to...

Roundup Ruling Upheld, Damages Reduced

October 23, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Francisco, CA—Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos upheld the ruling that linked Bayer’s Roundup to Dewayne Johnson’s non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, but decreased the punitive damages from $289 million to $78.5 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. If Johnson agrees to the reduction by December 7th, no new trial will be necessary.

Judge Moves To Grant Monsanto a Retrial

October 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Francisco, California—A San Francisco judge may grant Monsanto a new trial after the August verdict finding that the glyphosate in its RoundUp had caused Dewayne Johnson’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Editor's Note: The judge ultimately ruled to uphold the verdict but reduced the amount of the award. Bayer, which is now...

A 'Roundup' on Glyphosate

October 7, 2018

Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association

By Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association @OrgNatHealth In 2017, the Organic & Natural Health Association initiated a 3-year testing program to determine if glyphosate residue is threatening the dietary supplement supply chain. Our overarching objective is to support our members who seek to...

Glyphosate Exposes Honey Bees to Pathogens, New Study Finds

October 1, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Austin, TX—Glyphosate may be indirectly killing bees. Glyphosate, the active chemical in the pesticide Roundup, functions by blocking an enzyme in the shikimate pathway, which pests have and animals do not. Theoretically, therefore, it is non-toxic. However, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, called...

Glyphosate Petition Submitted to EPA

September 28, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The Environmental Working Group and other food companies sent a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency this week, calling for more stringent limits on the amount of glyphosate residues allowed on oats and a prohibition on the pesticide’s use as a pre-harvest drying agent. In the petition, the group is...

Judge Rules on Misleading Roundup Label Lawsuit

May 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C. - A U.S. district judge has given the green light to a lawsuit that claims that Monsanto’s labeling of its flagship weed killer Roundup misleads consumers, according to this report. The judge ruled against Monsanto Co.’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, filed in April, 2017. The judge ruled that...