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California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

By Tina Bellon May 13, 2019

Reuters — A California jury on Monday awarded more than US$2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. It was the third consecutive U.S. jury verdict against the company in litigation over the […] Read more

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Glyphosate clears Health Canada re-evaluation

By Alberta Farmer Staff April 28, 2017

Crop protection companies selling glyphosate have two years to make minor changes to parts of their product labels, as the 43-year-old herbicide formally clears Health Canada’s re-evaluation process. The re-evaluation, launched in late 2009 in a standard federal practice for registered pesticides in Canada, has ruled that products containing glyphosate — when used following the […] Read more

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Can coffee cause cancer? Only if it’s very hot, says WHO agency

By Kate Kelland June 15, 2016

London | Reuters — There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency said Wednesday, in a reverse of its previous warning, but it also said all “very hot” drinks are probably carcinogenic. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had previously rated coffee as “possibly […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

By Reuters October 23, 2015

Paris | Reuters — As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered health experts in France this month to discuss available […] Read more

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California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

Glyphosate clears Health Canada re-evaluation

Can coffee cause cancer? Only if it’s very hot, says WHO agency

Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

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