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July 11, 2018 – A judge's ruling means that hundreds of lawsuits alleging that Roundup's herbicide caused a cancer called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may go on ahead.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said Tuesday that plaintiffs could present expert testimony linking the product to cancer, Associated Press reported.
While evidence that glyphosate – the active ingredient of Roundup – can cause Hodgkin's lymphoma is "rather weak", the opinions of the three experts are not "junk science" that should be excluded from 39, a lawsuit, Chrabria ruled.
While the decision means that the lawsuits may go ahead, the judge noted that it could be a "daunting challenge" to convince him to allow a jury to hear the testimony that glyphosate was responsible for individual cancer cases, AP reported.
The lawsuits allege that the manufacturer of Roundup Monsanto had long known the cancer risk badociated with the killer of the week, but did not warn people. There are hundreds of lawsuits in federal and state courts, and Chhabria deals with more than 400.
"For the future, we will continue to defend these lawsuits with solid evidence that proves that There is absolutely no connection between glyphosate and cancer, "Monsanto's vice president, Scott Partridge, said in a statement. "We have sympathy for all those who suffer from cancer, but science clearly shows that glyphosate was not the cause."
Many government regulators claim that there is no connection between cancer and glyphosate, AP . 19659008] WebMD HealthDay News
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