Cancer Victim Says Monsanto Falsely Advertised The Safety Of Its Herbicide Roundup

ST. LOUIS - A cancer victim on Aug. 28 sued Monsanto Co. in Missouri federal court, contending that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the company's herbicide Roundup, caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and that Monsanto falsely advertised the safety of the product while it had knowledge of glyphosate's carcinogenicity (Kenneth Jilk v. Monsanto Co., No. N/A, E.D. Mo.).
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