Monsanto scientist denies Roundup cancer link in trial
Story Date: 7/19/2018

 

Source: COURTHOUSE NEWS, 7/17/18

 A Monsanto scientist on Tuesday tried to rebut a dying groundskeeper’s allegation that he failed to tell him whether the company’s Roundup weed killer had caused widespread skin rashes later diagnosed as terminal lymphoma, possibly resulting in the disease’s progression while he continued to use it. In video testimony played for a San Francisco County Superior Court jury, Monsanto executive Daniel Goldstein testified he didn’t “recall” if he returned plaintiff Dewayne Johnson’s 2014 calls asking about the side effects of exposure to Roundup, though he said there is documentation he intended to call him.

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