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Civil Litigation

Aug. 1, 2018

Defense expert says there is no connection between Roundup and cancer

A cancer epidemiologist, testifying for the defense, told a jury Tuesday that a mounting body of evidence suggests there is no association between Monsanto’s weed killers and cancer risk.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A cancer epidemiologist, testifying for the defense, told a jury Tuesday that a mounting body of evidence suggests there is no association between Monsanto's weed killers and cancer risk.

The defense's expert witness said studies presented by plaintiff's experts maintaining that glyphosate-based herbicides cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma are tainted with potential biases. Harvard School of Public Health Professor of Epid...

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