GMWatch reports that “The UK’s biggest DIY chains have announced they are reviewing the safety of their weedkillers, as a US court ruled a commonly-used ingredient had given a man cancer. Homebase confirmed it was undertaking a review following a California jury’s decision to award a groundskeeper $289million after concluding the weedkiller Roundup had caused his terminal non-Hodgkins lymphoma.The UK’s biggest DIY chains have announced they are reviewing the safety of their weedkillers, as a US court ruled a commonly-used ingredient had given a man cancer.”
“The Friday decision by a San Francisco court to award groundskeeper DeWayne Johnson $289 million – including $250 in punitive damages – may now form part of a broader legal attack on GM food in the US. More than 5,000 other plaintiffs have similar cases against Monsanto, which was recently bought by German firm Bayer AG.”
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