Glyphosate: Brussels Region takes legal action against the Commission March 13, 2018 03.10.2018, According to the Belgian daily Le Soir, the Brussels Region is refusing to extend the use of glyphosate-based herbicides and is dragging the European Commission to the European Court of Justice for violation of the precautionary principle. This follows the renewal of the marketing authorisation of glyphosate for 5 years, decided by the European… Read More
PESTICIDES: THOSE MISLEADING LABELS March 11, 2018 An op-ed of 15 French NGOs, including Justice Pesticides, on misleading labelling “Zero pesticide residues”. Pesticides have been an important topic at the French Agriculture Fair in Paris, which has just closed its doors. While all stakeholders now agree on the urgency of reducing pesticide use, the idea is also making its way into the… Read More
4th and 5th day of hearings, “Science Week” ends March 10, 2018 Stacey Malkan, co-director at US Right To Know (USRTK) attends the hearings and reports live on https://usrtk.org/live-updates-monsanto-hearing/ 03. 08 & 09. 2018 Science Week Concludes in Federal Court. After this week’s testimony, lawyers for both sides will get their chance to make oral arguments to the judge sometime in the next two weeks. The judge… Read More
3rd day of hearings in the multi-district litigation against Monsanto March 7, 2018 Carey Gillam, research director at US Right To Know (USRTK) and Justice Pesticides’ board member, attends the hearings and reports live on https://usrtk.org/live-updates-monsanto-hearing/ 03.07.2018 Day three of the Roundup cancer “science week” hearing opened with a gift from Judge Chhabria to plaintiffs – a gift of time! Carey Gillam reports: The plaintiffs will have an… Read More
2nd day of hearings in the multi-district litigation against Monsanto March 6, 2018 Carey Gillam, research director at US Right To Know (USRTK) and Justice Pesticides’ board member, attends the hearings and reports live on https://usrtk.org/live-updates-monsanto-hearing/ 03.06.2018 On this second day of hearings, Dennis Weisenburger returned to the stand to be cross-examined by Monsanto’s lawyers following his hearing as an expert witness to the complainants on 5 March… Read More
1st day of hearings in the multi-district litigation against Monsanto March 5, 2018 Carey Gillam, research director at US Right To Know (USRTK) and Justice Pesticides’ board member, attends the hearings and reports live on https://usrtk.org/live-updates-monsanto-hearing/ 03.05.2018 Today the hearings of the plaintiffs’ witnesses began. Dr. Beate Ritz is the Chair of the Epidemiology Department at UCLA, which is one of only a few positions specifically assigned to… Read More