Area
United States of America
Commodity Group
Oilseeds, oils and meals
Commodity
Glyphosate
Date
01/05/2019
Policy Category
Other
Policy Instrument
Pesticide regulation
Description
Reported a third consecutive court verdict against the manufacturer of Roundup, the glyphosate-based herbicide alleged to cause cancer. According to the jury, the herbicide was defectively designed and the manufacturer acted negligently and failed to warn consumers about possible cancer risks.
Notes
The United States has seen a third consecutive jury verdict against the manufacturer of Roundup, the glyphosate-based herbicide alleged to cause cancer (see also MPPU Oct.18 & May19). According to the jury, the herbicide was defectively designed and the manufacturer acted negligently and failed to warn consumers about possible cancer risks (NB: in 2015, the WHOs Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans, while regulators in the United States and Europe found that the herbicide was unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans).
