Published by Mother Jones By Tom Philpott AUGUST 24, 2018 6:00 AM From dicamba drama to crop-chomping caterpillars. Seed and pesticide titan Monsanto continues its slow shuffle off the global stage and into the maw of Bayer, its new parent company. This week, a “Bayer: Crop Science Division” sign replaced the old...
CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Holly Yan By Holly Yan, CNN Updated 9:28 PM ET, Sat August 11, 2018 San Francisco jurors just ruled that Roundup, the most popular weedkiller in the world, gave a former school groundskeeper terminal cancer. So they awarded him $289 million in damages --...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION BADER FARMS, INC. and BILL BADER, Plaintiffs v. MONSANTO CO. and BASF CORP., Defendants. Case No. 1:16-CV-299-SNLJ MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs bring this action against Monsanto Company (a company that sells crop seed and herbicide) and BASF Corporation (a company that...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION IN RE: DICAMBA HERBICIDES LITIGATION MDL No. 2820 SNLJ | ALL CASES ORDER APPOINTING PLAINTIFFS’ LEADERSHIP COUNSEL Plaintiffs propose two leadership structures. The first is the Downing Group, which has the support of counsel who represent 135 of the 136...