The Federal Court of Australia brought an end to the country’s last Roundup case, closing out all pending litigation there. The Court granted the plaintiff’s request to discontinue the Fenton class action against Monsanto involving allegations related to Roundup. The action followed Bayer’s earlier victory in the McNickle case in the same Court. McNickle was the first Roundup final judgment outside of the U.S. on the question of whether glyphosate in Roundup causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
The Court issued a 322-page ruling finding that the weight of the scientific evidence does not support a link between glyphosate and NHL.
Bayer says, “This is an outcome consistent with the worldwide regulatory and scientific assessments, including from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority concluding that glyphosate is not carcinogenic.”
In the U.S., Bayer has a winning record, getting favorable outcomes in 15 of the last 22 trials.
NAFB news service
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