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Australia's agriculture minister says Roundup is safe after $16bn US cancer lawsuit
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<blockquote data-quote="The Guardian RSS" data-source="post: 7007184" data-attributes="member: 78390"><p><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/G+logo+long.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Australia's agriculture minister says Roundup is safe after $16bn US cancer lawsuit</strong></p><p></p><p>Written by Australian Associated Press</p><p></p><p>Bayer’s US settlement over Monsanto’s weedkiller has given hope to litigants in Australia</p><p></p><p>Australia’s agriculture minister insists the common weedkiller Roundup is safe after its manufacturer agreed to pay almost $16bn to settle cancer lawsuits in the US.</p><p></p><p>The pesticides giant Bayer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/24/bayer-109bn-settlement-monsanto-weedkiller-roundup" target="_blank">agreed overnight to pay up to US$10.9bn</a> (A$15.8bn) to settle about 95,000 cases claiming Roundup caused cancer.</p><p></p><p>Related: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/24/bayer-109bn-settlement-monsanto-weedkiller-roundup" target="_blank">Bayer agrees to $10.9bn settlement over Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup</a></p><p></p><p>Related: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/12/revealed-monsantos-secret-funding-for-weedkiller-studies-roundup" target="_blank">Revealed: Monsanto’s secret funding for weedkiller studies</a></p><p></p><p>Related: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/09/spray-pray-is-roundup-carcinogenic-monsanto-farmers-suing" target="_blank">The Roundup row: is the world’s most popular weedkiller carcinogenic?</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/25/australias-agriculture-minister-says-roundup-is-safe-after-16bn-us-cancer-lawsuit" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Since you’re here …</strong></p><p></p><p>… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.</p><p></p><p>If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.theguardian.com/uk" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Guardian RSS, post: 7007184, member: 78390"] [img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/G+logo+long.png[/img] [b]Australia's agriculture minister says Roundup is safe after $16bn US cancer lawsuit[/b] Written by Australian Associated Press Bayer’s US settlement over Monsanto’s weedkiller has given hope to litigants in Australia Australia’s agriculture minister insists the common weedkiller Roundup is safe after its manufacturer agreed to pay almost $16bn to settle cancer lawsuits in the US. The pesticides giant Bayer [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/24/bayer-109bn-settlement-monsanto-weedkiller-roundup']agreed overnight to pay up to US$10.9bn[/URL] (A$15.8bn) to settle about 95,000 cases claiming Roundup caused cancer. Related: [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/24/bayer-109bn-settlement-monsanto-weedkiller-roundup']Bayer agrees to $10.9bn settlement over Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup[/URL] Related: [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/12/revealed-monsantos-secret-funding-for-weedkiller-studies-roundup']Revealed: Monsanto’s secret funding for weedkiller studies[/URL] Related: [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/09/spray-pray-is-roundup-carcinogenic-monsanto-farmers-suing']The Roundup row: is the world’s most popular weedkiller carcinogenic?[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/25/australias-agriculture-minister-says-roundup-is-safe-after-16bn-us-cancer-lawsuit']Continue reading...[/URL] [b]Since you’re here …[/b] … we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you. [url="https://support.theguardian.com/uk"][img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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