The Epoch Times<\/a>)\u2014German-based agrochemical company Bayer said on Feb. 17 that its Monsanto subsidiary has submitted a proposed $7.25\u202fbillion class\u2011action settlement over thousands of Roundup cancer lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBayer stated that it would implement a long-term claims program funded by capped annual payments for up to 21 years, \u201cfollowing court approval.\u201d It will be submitted to the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The settlement is aimed at resolving current and future claims alleging that Monsanto\u2019s Roundup weedkiller causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Financing would originate from a combination of senior bonds and an $8 billion bank loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposal, says Bill Anderson, CEO of Bayer, will provide \u201can essential path out of the litigation uncertainty and enables us to devote our full attention to furthering the innovations that lie at the core of our mission: Health for all, hunger for none.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bayer stated that the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or liability but rather a decision to contain the litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shares of Bayer surged more than 7 percent to finish the Feb. 17 trading session. It was the top performer on Germany\u2019s blue-chip DAX index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stock has rallied almost 30 percent this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supreme Court Case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This decision coincides with the Supreme Court\u2019s decision last month to hear a Roundup case in April. That instance involved Bayer appealing against an award of $1.25 million to a Missouri man claiming that Roundup was responsible for his blood cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A ruling could restrict or eliminate state\u2011level failure\u2011to\u2011warn claims if the high court determines that its label\u2014approved by the Environmental Protection Agency\u2014pre\u2011empts any additional state\u2011mandated warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, the company said its proposal will work in tandem with the high court\u2019s review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis litigation and the resulting cost underscore the need for guidance from the Supreme Court on clear regulation in American agriculture,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cThe class settlement and Supreme Court case are both necessary to help bring the strongest, most certain and most timely containment to this litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since its acquisition of Roundup producer Monsanto in 2018, Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling thousands of cases connected to the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Company officials say they will continue pursuing regulatory certainty to limit litigation risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRegulatory uncertainty jeopardizes the availability of current and future agricultural innovations, with potentially severe consequences for farmers and the American food system,\u201d Bayer said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Glyphosate Controversy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The controversy centers on glyphosate, an active ingredient in Roundup. This is a ubiquitous herbicide used to control broadleaf weeds and grasses and has been registered as a pesticide in the United States since 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bayer stated that research shows that glyphosate-based herbicides are crucial tools farmers use to produce affordable food and \u201ccan be used safely and not carcinogenic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The International Agency for Research on Cancer\u2014part of the World Health Organization\u2014has considered glyphosate \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans,\u201d based on \u201climited\u201d evidence of cancer in humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disagreed with the global agency and concluded that glyphosate is \u201cnot likely to be carcinogenic to humans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEPA\u2019s database includes studies submitted to support registration of glyphosate and studies EPA identified in the open literature,\u201d the federal agency says on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor instance, IARC only considered eight animal carcinogenicity studies while EPA used 15 acceptable carcinogenicity studies. EPA does not agree with IARC\u2019s conclusion that glyphosate is \u2018probably carcinogenic to humans.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the May 2025 72-page \u201cMAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again,\u201d the administration stated that today\u2019s children suffer more from behavioral disorders and chronic diseases than previous generations, pointing specifically to their diets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authors singled out glyphosate as one of the contributing factors, noting that it was part of a broader \u201ccumulative load of chemicals\u201d that led to adverse long-term health effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA selection of research studies on a herbicide (glyphosate) have noted a range of possible health effects, ranging from reproductive and developmental disorders as well as cancers, liver inflammation and metabolic disturbances,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Seems like an admission of guilt to me, and probably a drop in the bucket to what they made, not to mention all the people still being poisoned as it’s in our food supply. And this is to settle current and future claims… And their new ingredient is supposed to be even more poisonous. https:\/\/thelibertydaily.com\/bayers-monsanto-proposes-7-25-billion-deal-settle\/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15827"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15830,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15827\/revisions\/15830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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