May 172019
 

Thanks to Grant for sending this in. – – – — – – – by Joel Rosenblatt and Tim Loh (There’s a video newscast at  https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/bayer-s-us-2b-roundup-damages-boost-pressure-to-settle-1.1258169)   Bayer AG was ordered to pay more than US$2 billion in damages to a California couple that claimed they got cancer as a result of using its Roundup […]

May 172019
 

Dear members of The Current (CBC Radio) team,   Today’s segment of The Current regarding Roundup was prompted by 1. 3 recent, very large Court awards in California against Monsanto-Bayer’s chemical Roundup. 2. The class action lawsuit in Saskatchewan against Monsanto-Bayer.   A CRITICAL factor that should have been raised, “The Monsanto Papers” (the process […]

May 152019
 
2019-05-15  Sask. farmer leads class action glyphosate lawsuit  (vs Monsanto-Bayer Roundup)

By Robert Arnason Published: May 15, 2019 Farm Living The lead plaintiff in the lawsuit is a man who farms near Moose Jaw and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma five years ago. The farmer contacted Merchant Law Group last September. | File photo A Moose Jaw, Sask., farmer who was diagnosed with cancer five years […]

May 142019
 
2019-05-11  Bayer says won't tolerate unethical behavior as France probes Monsanto file,  Reuters

Reuters   FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer said on Saturday it did not accept “unethical behavior” following a French investigation into a suspected file assembled by the German company’s seed making unit Monsanto to influence various personalities in France. The French prosecutor said on Friday it had opened the probe after a complaint was filed by […]

Apr 142019
 

Feel free to copy, paste and edit, for whatever use it might serve. Subject:  April 12, re changes to governance of Dental & Medical professions   Dear  (Host of Program), The interviewee said: There is a shortage of health care workers across Canada.  The accurate statement is: There is an over-supply of sick and damaged […]

Apr 042019
 
2019-04-04  Amazing! a milestone for nature protection and a fine hour for citizen law-making!  Bavaria acts on "Save the Bees".  The Guardian

The Guardian published this under the title:   Bavarian ‘save the bees’ success raises green hopes in Germany Green party hopes to make hay in elections after state adopts well-backed petition Kate Connolly in Berlin A ‘save the bees’ demonstration in Munich in February. Photograph: Sachelle Babbar/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock Environmentalists in Germany are celebrating a decision by Bavaria […]

Apr 042019
 
2019-03-28 Newsweek failed to disclose chemical industry connections of opinion writers who argued that glyphosate can’t be regulated.   Connected to lawsuit at U of Saskatchewan over U's refusal to do disclosure re Bayer (Monsanto).

RELATED:    2018-08-18   SIGNIFICANCE EXPLAINED: U of Saskatchewan taken to Court, Refuses to disclose Right to Know symposium proceedings The Newsweek story is related to the court case against the U of Saskatchewan.  Prof Stuart Smyth is the Bayer-Monsanto mouthpiece. It is curious to me that Newsweek would publish the article and not disclose the industry […]

Mar 312019
 

The trailer is excellent. WHERE TO SEE THE FILM? https://www.modifiedthefilm.com/see-the-film – – – – – –  – – – Many thanks to Cindy who writes: A small group has been able to convince the National Farmers Union (NFU) to allow us to make a brief presentation and offer a petition to sign at their national […]

Mar 282019
 
2019-03-27  Second case:  Man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Monsanto's Roundup causes cancer, USA Today

Kelly Tyko A U.S. jury has awarded $80 million in damages to a California man in a high-stakes trial over his claim that Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer. The agribusiness giant says it will appeal the decision. (March 27) AP Eight days after a U.S. jury found that Roundup weed killer was a substantial […]

Mar 122019
 
2019-03-12  Court documents reveal Monsanto's efforts to fight glyphosate's 'severe stigma', CBC

Canadian firm hired to recruit scientists to publish studies that ultimately defended Roundup’s key ingredient Gil Shochat, Sylvie Fournier A review by CBC/Radio-Canada of internal Monsanto documents disclosed in the court case of Dewayne Johnson, who sued Monsanto and won $78 million US last October, showed the many efforts Monsanto took to fight a negative […]