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Kudos to the Trump administration for stepping up to save Roundup from sleazebag trial lawyers: "The Supreme Court in June asked the Trump administration to weigh in, and Solicitor General John Sauer on Monday appeared to side with the company. The EPA has “repeatedly determined… pic.twitter.com/4UiubfrnDS — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) December 2, 2025 The Trump …
ATLANTA — A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff. The penalties awarded include $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, law firms Arnold …
Spot gold (XAUUSD:CUR) fell 1.5% on Friday following reports that the People’s Bank of China paused their purchases in May after 18 months of continuous buying, while silver shed more than 2% even as the U.S. dollar weakened. Bullion held by the People’s Bank of China was unchanged at 72.80 million troy ounces in May, …
via naturalnews Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has been ordered to pay $2.25 billion to a man who developed cancer due to the Roundup weed killer, one of the products of its subsidiary Monsanto. Jurors in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas found that the weed killer is to blame for 49-year-old landscaper John McKivison developing non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). Individuals affected …