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Does Monsanto's Roundup cause cancer? The law says yes, the science says maybe

  • Written by Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens, Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
Does Monsanto's Roundup cause cancer? The law says yes, the science says maybeLaw and science seek proof in similar ways, but at very different speedsChinnapong/Shutterstock

A federal jury in California has unanimously decided that the weedkiller Roundup was a “substantial factor” in causing the lymphoma of 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman, who had used Roundup on his property for many years. This is the second such...

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