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Litigation

Mar. 11, 2016

Federal suit alleges Monsanto weedkiller caused farmer's death

As Monsanto Co. tries to vindicate its use of carcinogenic chemicals in state court, the agrochemical giant will also have to defend the science behind its weedkiller in the Central District, following a wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

As Monsanto Co. tries to fight off claims it used carcinogenic chemicals in state court, the agrochemical giant will also have to defend the science behind its weedkiller in the Central District, following a wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday.

The suit, which alleges the glyphosate used in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide led to the cancer-related death of longtime C...

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