Day: August 11, 2018

California jury orders Monsanto to pay $289million for damages in Roundup cancer case

​A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million in damages. The case of school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson was the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging glyphosate causes cancer.… Read More California jury orders Monsanto to pay $289million for damages in Roundup cancer case

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Airline mechanic steals empty airplane, crashes near Seattle-Tacoma International airport 

An airline mechanic stole an airplane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on Friday and was chased by two U.S. military jets before crashing on a nearby sparsely populated island, the local sheriff said. There was no indication that the incident was an act of terror, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said on Twitter. No passengers were… Read More Airline mechanic steals empty airplane, crashes near Seattle-Tacoma International airport 

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