Roundup $US11b cancer settlement hits a hurdle over Bayer's plan for future claims

Roundup $US11b cancer settlement hits a hurdle over Bayer's plan for future claims

Bayer's plan for moving on from its Roundup legal woes hit a snag barely two weeks after it announced a nearly $US11 billion settlement of claims the popular weedkiller causes cancer

  • byJef Feeley andTim Loh

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Roundup maker Bayer to pay $US10 billion to settle cancer lawsuits

Roundup maker Bayer to pay $US10 billion to settle cancer lawsuits

Bayer,the world's largest seed and pesticide maker,has agreed to pay more than $US10 billion to settle tens of thousands of claims in the US that its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer,

  • byPatricia Cohen
With weedkiller on the nose,councils using goats as chewers of choice

With weedkiller on the nose,councils using goats as chewers of choice

Goats will eat almost anything but tend to leave native vegetation,which makes them an ideal solution when it comes to removing invasive species.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Victorian farmer leads class action against Roundup manufacturer
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Victorian farmer leads class action against Roundup manufacturer

A former Victorian farmer will lead a major class action against German pharmaceutical giant Bayer over claims that long-term exposure to the popular weedkiller Roundup can cause non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

  • byCameron Houston
Australian farmer sues over claims Roundup caused his cancer

Australian farmer sues over claims Roundup caused his cancer

Victorian councils are reducing their use of Roundup following community concern over health and court cases here and in the US.

  • byJewel Topsfield,Tyson Whelan andCharlotte Morton
Sydney council workers fight orders to use Roundup,go on strike
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Sydney council workers fight orders to use Roundup,go on strike

Hundreds of council workers have walked off the job amid growing concerns about the weedkiller,leaving more than 10,000 bins uncollected.

  • byHannah Higgins
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Judge to reduce $114 million award in Roundup cancer case

Judge to reduce $114 million award in Roundup cancer case

A US judge says part of the punishment handed out to the company may be too high.

  • byJoel Rosenblatt
Victorian council cuts weedkiller amid rising Australian angst

Victorian council cuts weedkiller amid rising Australian angst

Moyne Shire in the state's south-west conducted a review that led it to cut Roundup and nine other herbicides from its maintenance stores.

  • byZach Hope
Roundup woes:Nufarm defends glyphosate as lawsuit risk rises

Roundup woes:Nufarm defends glyphosate as lawsuit risk rises

Agribusiness Nufarm has said it is at risk of litigation because it is a supplier of glyphosate based herbicides used widely in agriculture

  • byDarren Gray
First cancer lawsuit over weedkiller Roundup filed in Australia
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First cancer lawsuit over weedkiller Roundup filed in Australia

A Melbourne gardener has launched legal action against a global pharmaceutical giant in the first Australian case to link cancer with popular weedkiller Roundup.

  • byCameron Houston andChris Vedelago
These high school sweethearts died of the same disease. Their daughter says a popular weed killer is to blame
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These high school sweethearts died of the same disease. Their daughter says a popular weed killer is to blame

Dot and Bernie Dunn were vigorously healthy. Then both died from the"same cancer,same spot".

  • byCarrie Fellner