Roundup Products Liability Litigation (MDL) United States Many legal complaints (1654 as of October 2018 – up to 125,000 in June 2020) against Monsanto from Roundup users diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas have been regrouped… See details >>
Préfet des Hauts-de-Seine v. Maire de Gennevilliers France The order banning pesticides in the municipality of Gennevilliers issued by the mayor is challenged by the prefect of Hauts-de-Seine… See details >>
NFFC and al v. EPA and al United States Groups request a review of the October 31, 2018 EPA decision to maintain registrations for new uses of the pesticide dicamba… See details >>
Bayer settles U.S. Roundup, dicamba and PCB litigation for more than $10 billion June 24, 2020 A break through in Roundup litigations. See Carey Gillam’s blog for our partner USRTK. Carey is also a Justice Pesticides Board member. In an expensive clean-up of Monsanto litigation messes, Bayer AG said Wednesday that it will pay out more than $10 billion to settle tens of thousands of U.S. claims brought against Monsanto over… Read More
Union européenne : avant la stratégie “de la ferme à la table” et le REFIT, un nouvel article académique critique les pratiques d’évaluation des risques liés aux pesticides April 21, 2020 La “reprise verte” après la crise COVID-19 exige un système alimentaire sain et durable Un nouvel article d’un groupe d’experts en droit, en politique et en toxicologie, identifie des défaillances systémiques dans le processus d’évaluation des risques liés aux pesticides en Europe. La communication de notre partenaire PAN-EU : Ces défaillances étant de nature à… Read More
New academic paper condemns pesticide risk assessment practices ahead of Farm to Fork Strategy and REFIT April 21, 2020 “Green recovery” from COVID-19 crisis demands healthy and sustainable food system A new peer-reviewed paper authored by a group of experts in law, policy, and toxicology has identified systemic failings in Europe’s pesticide risk assessment process. Here is our partner PAN-EU‘s press release: The experts have proposed a comprehensive agenda for far-reaching reform after their paper outlined… Read More