In March 2019, a California jury awarded plaintiffs in a Roundup lawsuit $80 million in damages. This was the first bellwether Roundup lawsuit to go to trial in the consolidated MDL. The plaintiff claimed he developed cancer after spraying Roundup for three decades. In a…
Could fracking cause cancer? That’s what a group of Pennsylvania residents are concerned about. More than a hundred recently signed a letter to Governor Tom Wolf, asking him to “begin an investigation into cancers diagnosed in all counties where shale gas drilling, fracking, and infrastructure…
A new study by researchers from UC Riverside and Portland State University have determined that the nicotine levels in the popular JUUL e-cigarettes are high enough to be toxic to living cells. This study adds to the evidence that JUUL can be particularly dangerous, especially…
Researchers recently shared some concerning information: e-cigarettes, like traditional cigarettes, may increase the risk of oral cancer. Benjamin Chaffee, from the University of California, San Francisco, shared his findings at the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) in London, England.…
In October 2016, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally-filed Roundup lawsuits into one court in the Northern District of California. These are all cases filed by plaintiffs who claim that after using the herbicide for an extended period of time,…