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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

In tonight's news, a first of its kind, a cancer victim suing Monsanto for
hiding the cancer-causing effects of its herbicide, Roundup:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/22/monsanto-tr
ial-cancer-weedkiller-roundup-dewayne-johnson

Landmark lawsuit claims Monsanto hid cancer danger of weedkiller for
decades

In June, a California groundskeeper will make history by taking company to
trial on claims it suppressed harm of Roundup

At the age of 46, DeWayne Johnson is not ready to die. But with cancer
spread through most of his body, doctors say he probably has just months to
live. Now Johnson, a husband and father of three in California
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california>, hopes to survive long
enough to make Monsanto take the blame for his fate.

On 18 June, Johnson will become the first person to take the global seed
and chemical company <https://www.theguardian.com/business/monsanto> to
trial on allegations that it has spent decades hiding the cancer-causing
dangers of its popular Roundup herbicide products – and his case has just
received a major boost.
Last week Judge Curtis Karnow issued an order
<https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Judges-order-in-Johnson-Case-ahead-of-trial.pdf>
clearing the way for jurors to consider not just scientific evidence
related to what caused Johnson’s cancer, but allegations that Monsanto
suppressed evidence of the risks of its weed killing products. Karnow ruled
<https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Order-denying-continuance.pdf>
that the trial will proceed and a jury would be allowed to consider
possible punitive damages.

“The internal correspondence noted by Johnson could support a jury finding
that Monsanto <https://www.theguardian.com/business/monsanto> has long been
aware of the risk that its glyphosate-based herbicides are carcinogenic …
but has continuously sought to influence the scientific literature to
prevent its internal concerns from reaching the public sphere and to
bolster its defenses in products liability actions,” Karnow wrote. “Thus
there are triable issues of material fact.”

On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Catriona Erler <
>> catriona@catrionatudorerler.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone interested (concerned) about effects of glyphosate on humans
>>> should
>>> check out this link
>>> <https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/05
>>> /15/glyphosate-in-food.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&
>>> utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20180515Z1_UCM&et_cid=DM207282
>>> &et_rid=305460542>
>>>
>>
>> Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome 'at safe levels', study claims
>> Study on rats said to show that the chemical, found in Monsanto’s Roundup
>> weedkiller, poses ‘a significant public health concern’
>> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/16/glyphosa
>> te-shown-to-disrupt-microbiome-at-safe-levels-study-claims
>>
>>
> I created a webarchive of email posts and replies in the Sanet-MG list
> from Prof. Joe Cummins (RIP), a famous Canadian geneticist.
> They cover a range of topics that arose in that forum over a long time
> span, gm crops, pesticides (all categories), organics, bees and more.
> USDA owns sanet-mg and has put the archives containing his posts in some
> inaccessable location. They no longer host the list in house and have
> farmed it out to a Google group.
> Those interested in reading the opinion of an expert about risks from
> herbicides and other pesticides will get a lot out of this collection of
> articles.
> Joe Cummins' posts to the Sanet-MG list 8/16/2002 to 7/18/2007
> http://www.ibiblio.org/london/SoilWiki/message-archives/JoeC
> ummins/maillist.html
>
> About Dr. Cummins
> SiS obituary, Prof Joe Cummins
> Standing up for Science to Save the World
> http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Prof_Joe_Cummins.php
>
> Science In Society Archive
> Important Books & Reports
> Banishing Glyphosate
> Dr. Eva Sirinathsinghji, Dr. Mae-Wan Ho (RIP) and others
> Glyphosate/Roundup, falsely claimed by Monsanto to be safe and harmless,
> has become the world’s most widely and pervasively used herbicide; it has
> brought rising tides of birth defects, cancers, fatal kidney disease,
> sterility, and dozens of other illnesses
> Ban GMO's Now
> http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ban_GMOs_Now.php
>

-- 
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared