Tag Archives: Monsanto

Monsanto hit list exposed

In what Democracy Now!1 refers to as an “explosive report” by The Guardian,2 documents obtained during the discovery process of lawsuits against Monsanto reveal the company has been engaged in a coordinated campaign to discredit critics of the company. Among them are journalist Carey Gillam, the nonprofit U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) and singer-songwriter Neil… Read More »

Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world's first Roundup cancer trial

(Reuters) – A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $ 289 million in damages. The case of school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging… Read More »