Monsanto’s request that a case brought by a farmer who claims her cancer was caused by the company’s Roundup herbicide should be thrown out has been dismissed by a judge. Christine Sheppard argues that she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after she had used Roundup at her coffee farm for Last year. Sheppard’s lawsuit is similar to one filed by three farmers in Nebraska. Both cases allege that Monsanto misrepresented the herbicide’s active ingredient, glyphosate, as safe. seven years, the World Health Organization stated that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans”.
Monsanto’s request that a case brought by a farmer who claims her cancer was caused by the company’s Roundup herbicide should be thrown out has been dismissed by a judge. Christine Sheppard argues that she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after she had used Roundup at her coffee farm for seven years. Sheppard’s lawsuit is similar to one filed by three farmers in Nebraska. Both cases allege that Monsanto misrepresented the herbicide’s active ingredient, glyphosate, as safe. Last year, the World Health Organization stated that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans”.