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US judge cuts damages on Monsanto in Roundup cancer case

July 16, 2019

A judge in the US state of California has decided to reduce by over a third the punitive damages levied against Monsanto by…

Couple awarded $2 billion following Roundup cancer claim

May 14, 2019

Rural Life

A California jury has awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer.…

‘There’s responsible and irresponsible glyphosate use’ – Doyle

May 10, 2019

Tillage

There is a need to differentiate between “responsible and irresponsible” use of the herbicide glyphosate, according to Minister of State Andrew Doyle. Doyle,…

Second US jury rules Roundup caused man’s cancer

March 20, 2019

Agri-Business

A second trial into Monsanto’s Roundup product in the US has found that the herbicide was the cause of a man’s cancer in…

Sale, distribution and use of Roundup product banned in France

January 21, 2019

Tillage

French authorities have banned the sale, distribution and use of a Roundup product following a court decision last week. The French agency for…

Alternatives for Roundup to be examined in Kerry

August 27, 2018

Tillage

Kerry County Council is apparently investigating the controversial weedkiller Roundup and its uses, and will examine possible alternatives for the pesticide, according to…

Bayer comes out swinging at glyphosate court verdict

August 24, 2018

Agri-Business

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer – the new owner of Monsanto and the glyphosate weedkiller – has come out swinging following the recent decision by…

Farmers ‘happy’ with Roundup despite landmark US verdict

August 13, 2018

Agri-Business

A landmark lawsuit in the US linking glyphosate – the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – to cancer has led to calls for “further…

Wait for glyphosate re-authorisation continues

April 27, 2017

Tillage

Farmers throughout Europe will have to wait a little longer for a decision on the re-authorisation of glyphosate. A vote on the future…

New rules around the use of glyphosate to come into effect in two weeks

August 8, 2016

Environment

New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in two weeks time,…

EU member states agree restrictions on the use of Glyphosate

July 11, 2016

Tillage

EU Member States today supported a European Commission proposal to restrict the conditions of use of glyphosate in the EU. It comes following…

Glyphosate restrictions proposed by Europe include reduced pre-harvest use

June 30, 2016

The European Commission has proposed a number of restrictions to the use of glyphosate…

Fears for the future of glyphosate as another EU vote fails

June 24, 2016

Environment

Another vote in Brussels on the future use of glyphosate in the EU has failed to reach a decision, with the product’s current…

France to vote against glyphosate renewal this Friday

June 23, 2016

Environment

Ahead of this Friday’s vote on glyphosate, the French Minister for the Environment, Segolene Royal has said that France will be voting against…

Europe fails to agree on glyphosate extension

June 6, 2016

European Member States have failed to agree on legislation that would allow an extension of the glyphosate license. Today’s Standing Committee on Plants,…