Does Roundup weed killer cause cancer, what is glyphosate and how many people are suing Monsanto?

Manufacturers of popular herbicide round-ups are confronted with legal arguments as it can lead to cancer

But is the treatment of the garden really carcinogenic? Who is complaining of Monsanto? This is something you need to know

Some experts argue that the active ingredient of Roundup seems to be carcinogenic

Beate Ritz, an epidemiologist at the University of California in Los Angeles, said her comment about the scientific literature concluded that glyphosate-based compounds such as glyphosate and Roundup may cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma .

According to Mr. Riz, the research by the National Institutes of Health in 2017 shows no serious flawed link between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).

Manufacturer Monsanto strongly denied this relationship and hundreds of studies have said that chemicals were shown to be safe

Cancer epidemiologist at Harvard University, Lorelei Mucci. Chen Public Health College says: "Looking at the subject of epidemiological literature on this topic there is no evidence that there is a positive correlation between glyphosate and NHL risk."

The US Environmental Protection Agency says glyphosate is safe for people when used according to label instructions.

Johnson's lawyer won the claim for £ 196 million of reparations of £ 30 million and punitive damages of £ 292 million.

In 2007, glyphosate was the most used herbicide in the agricultural sector of the United States, the second was used for household and gardening.

States and federal courts supervised by US district judge Vince Chhabria are in trial of the case

San Francisco has another trial involving ground managers of schools who died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. This is the first case that the jury heard that round-up is the cause of cancer.

Scott Patrick, vice president of Monsanto, says: "We will continue to use strong evidence to protect these lawsuits and prove that there is absolutely no relationship between glyphosate and cancer.

"We sympathize with cancer patients, but science clearly shows that glyphosate is not the cause"

Former principal Dewayne Johnson's lawyer said he sprinkled a product Ranger Pro similar to Roundup as a pest control manager in San Francisco Bay Area School District.

Johnson's lawyer won the claim for £ 196 million of reparations of £ 30 million and punitive damages of £ 292 million.

Robert Kennedy, a member of Johnson Law Team, said: "Monsanto's behavior is because they know that they are doing wrong and ignore human life desperately.

We will pay for your story! Are there stories about the Sun Online News team? Please send an e-mail to tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368. 07810791 502 Available in WhatsApp. We will also pay for the video. Click here to upload

Glyphosate is the active ingredient of Roundup and Monsupo herbicide is the most used pesticide in the United States. A California jury last week ordered Monsanto to pay $ 289 million in damages for men who died of cancer, which he attributed to him. Repeated exposure to numerous round-ups and other glyphosate herbicides while working as a school ground manager. The EWG has tested dozens of brand oatmeales to provide Americans with information on exposure during meals managed by government regulators. In April, the internal e-mail nonprofit organization said that "right to know" should be glyphosate, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tested food for two years, appears "quite a few" , The FDA found out that the findings of the survey have not been published The result

Glyphosate is the main ingredient of the Roundup and was first approved for use in Monsanto herbicides in 1974. At the same time, environmental protection, regulators, researchers and lawyers are discussing whether it causes cancer, in the world's most popular and widely used herbicides. - Monsanto has claimed that it is very safe for decades. As early as in the 1970's, Monsanto scientists knew the risk of cancer caused by round-up "Johnstone's intentionally distorted fact", Johnson's lawyer, but could not inform the public, but high In the case of intentional murder of return Brent Wisner told the jury at the end of Tuesday's debate

Warnings Many states Monsanto court issued a comprehensive report on cancer risk associated with herbicide glyphosate to the public in the IARC 2015 Indian Report, after glyphosate linked to human cancer, in more than 8,000 cancer patients Is not ... Monsanto denied that Roundup is carcinogenic. On May 25, 2013, world protests against Monsanto and GMO were held. Number of participant's protest uncertainty; figures of "hundreds of thousands" or "two million" are referenced differently. According to the organizer, protesters from 523 cities participated in the competition.