US judge slashes jury award in Roundup cancer case
US judge slashes jury award in Roundup cancer case
bubmagJuly 16, 2019
U.S. judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3 million from $80.3 million
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award that Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, saying the punitive damages component was too high. U.S. Distri…
bubmagJuly 15, 2019
UPDATE 2-U.S. judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3 mln; Bayer still plans to appeal
(Adds Hardeman lawyer's comment) By Jonathan Stempel July 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting t…
bubmagJuly 15, 2019
Corporations can legally put carcinogens in our food without warning labels. Here’s why
A recent study by the Environmental Working Group revealed something horrifying: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, was present in 17 of the 21 oat-based cereal and snack products at levels considered unsafe for children. Tha…
bubmagJuly 14, 2019
Why The Economic Game Still Outplays The Environment
July 13th, 2019 by The Beam Many companies fear the deployment of renewables as new competition and are trying to prevent the global energy transition. — Hans-Josef Fell The international community has set a course in Paris. Now remains the most difficult …
bubmagJuly 13, 2019
Peddlers of Medical Misinformation Are Using Social Media ‘Censorship’ as a Selling Point
No one has ever accused Mike Adams, the self-proclaimed Health Ranger, of being an understated guy, but recent events have taken him to new, shouty heights. After Adams website, Natural News, had its page suspended by Facebook in June for violating the compan…
bubmagJuly 12, 2019
Brazil cotton farmers to challenge patent rights of Bayer GMO seed – newspaper
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian cotton producers in the state of Mato Grosso plan to file a lawsuit requesting cancellation of a patent protection related to Bayer AG’s Bollgard II RR Flex genetically modified cotton seed, newspaper Valor Econômico reported o…
bubmagJuly 11, 2019
Should Whole Foods rename their store “Canola Foods?”
Should Whole Foods rename their store "Canola Foods?"
bubmagJuly 11, 2019
How GE invested in fossil fuels, and missed the opportunity to be a clean energy giant
In late June 2019, General Electric announced it would close a California gas plant 20 years ahead of schedule. The Inland Empire Energy Center in California, the company said, was “uneconomical to support further” in part because of outdated technology. But…
bubmagJuly 11, 2019
Farmer Conducts Experiment Using GMO and Non-GMO Corn, Discovers Sobering Truth That Animals Know and Humans Don’t
The genetically engineered food experiment began in the mid-1990s and continues unabated to this day, with Bayer recently taking over Monsanto and pumping billions of dollars into its new American GMO division. But while the GMO food experiment has been hi…
bubmagJuly 9, 2019