August 24th, 2018 Earlier this month, a San Francisco court ordered Monsanto to pay out $289m to a terminally ill man after a jury unanimously agreed that the giant agrochemical company was responsible for causing his cancer. The cause of plaintiff Dewayne Johnson’s cancer, the jury determined, was exposure to Read more…
November 28th, 2017 Members States yesterday voted to accept the European Commission’s proposal to renew the license for glyphosate for an additional five years. At the Appeal Committee meeting yesterday morning, Member State representatives passed the renewal with 18 in favour, nine against and one abstained. The European Commission originally looked Read more…
August 15th, 2017 Herbicides are widely used throughout Ireland to control weeds, but there are growing concerns surrounding the damage these chemicals may be doing to our health and to the health of the environment. We talk to Shane Casey, a Biodiversity Officer for Dublin City Council, about alternative weed Read more…
Results of urine tests taken from 48 Members of the European Parliament reveal traces of glyphosate, a well known herbicide. It is used in pesticides from brands such as Dow, Monsanto (round up) and Syngenta. The euro Deputies’ levels of herbicide were 17 times higher than normal levels. This result illustrates the Read more…
