04-30-2018, 02:08 PM
THE TIMELINE
RoundUp Glyphosate Litigation Update
1974
Monsato registers a patent for the exclusive use of glyphosate, which is marketed as RoundUp.
1984
Monsanto, along with other chemical companies who made the nerve gas Agent Orange agree to pay $180 million to veterans alleging serious health problems in order to resolve years of litigation.
1985
The EPA initially classifies glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as a carcinogen (causing cancer). However, the agency changes their position in 1991.
1996
New York State Attorney General files suit against Monsanto, charging that their marketing of RoundUp in the state as “safer than table salt” and “practically non-toxic” is false and misleading.
1
FEB 2015
In anticipation of IARC report linking RoundUp to cancer, Monsanto executives discuss funding their own studies to refute the claims, even suggesting they write the studies themselves and have scientists sign off on them.
20
MAR 2015
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) publishes a wide-ranging review of independent studies, concluding that glyphosate in RoundUp “probably” contributes to cancer in humans.
28
APR 2015
Internal Monsanto documents ordered unsealed by a federal judge show a conversation between company executives and EPA Cancer Assessment Review Committee chairman Jess Rowland about rising cancer concerns for RoundUp, in which Rowland states “If I can kill this I should get a medal.”
26
FEB 2016
A study from France concludes that the inert (inactive) ingredients contained in RoundUp are also toxic, even when not combined with glyphosate.
3
OCT 2016
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidates federal cases alleging lymphoma from RoundUp to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under Judge Vince Chhabria. The case is known as MDL 2741 - IN RE: Roundup Products Liability Litigation.
1
MAR 2017
US District Judge Vince Chhabria orders the disclosure of sealed Internal Monsanto documents from 2015 showing the company’s attempts to influence health warnings and collude with members of the EPA to bury cancer concerns for RoundUp.
20
MAR 2017
Panel of 14 health and chemical experts pens essay to the Journal of Epidemiology and Human Health calling for new studies on the health risks of glyphosate since its use and chances of human exposure have skyrocketed.
RoundUp Glyphosate Litigation Update
1974
Monsato registers a patent for the exclusive use of glyphosate, which is marketed as RoundUp.
1984
Monsanto, along with other chemical companies who made the nerve gas Agent Orange agree to pay $180 million to veterans alleging serious health problems in order to resolve years of litigation.
1985
The EPA initially classifies glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as a carcinogen (causing cancer). However, the agency changes their position in 1991.
1996
New York State Attorney General files suit against Monsanto, charging that their marketing of RoundUp in the state as “safer than table salt” and “practically non-toxic” is false and misleading.
1
FEB 2015
In anticipation of IARC report linking RoundUp to cancer, Monsanto executives discuss funding their own studies to refute the claims, even suggesting they write the studies themselves and have scientists sign off on them.
20
MAR 2015
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) publishes a wide-ranging review of independent studies, concluding that glyphosate in RoundUp “probably” contributes to cancer in humans.
28
APR 2015
Internal Monsanto documents ordered unsealed by a federal judge show a conversation between company executives and EPA Cancer Assessment Review Committee chairman Jess Rowland about rising cancer concerns for RoundUp, in which Rowland states “If I can kill this I should get a medal.”
26
FEB 2016
A study from France concludes that the inert (inactive) ingredients contained in RoundUp are also toxic, even when not combined with glyphosate.
3
OCT 2016
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidates federal cases alleging lymphoma from RoundUp to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under Judge Vince Chhabria. The case is known as MDL 2741 - IN RE: Roundup Products Liability Litigation.
1
MAR 2017
US District Judge Vince Chhabria orders the disclosure of sealed Internal Monsanto documents from 2015 showing the company’s attempts to influence health warnings and collude with members of the EPA to bury cancer concerns for RoundUp.
20
MAR 2017
Panel of 14 health and chemical experts pens essay to the Journal of Epidemiology and Human Health calling for new studies on the health risks of glyphosate since its use and chances of human exposure have skyrocketed.