Dewayne Johnson v. Monsanto (Appeal) United States The lawsuit challenges Monsanto’s position that its herbicides are proven safe and asserts that the company has known about the dangers and hidden them from regulators… See details >>
NFFC et al v. EPA et al United States Groups sue the EPA for approving Dow AgroScience’s herbicide Enlist Duo, a mixture of glyphosate and 2,4-D, which are highly toxic,… See details >>
NFFC et al v. EPA et 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 >>
Letter to the French Minister of Agriculture in support of the non-renewal of Mancozeb fungicide July 10, 2020 10 July 2020 : Justice Pesticides and 6 NGOs write to Mr. Julien Denormandie, the new French Minister of Agriculture, to ask that he supports the EC proposal not to renew toxic fungicide Mancozeb at a meeting of EU governments’ representatives on July 16. Here is an unofficial translation of the letter. Update July 30:… Read More
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
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