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Monsanto Cancer Suits Turn to EPA Deputy's 'Suspicious' Role
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Lymphoma victims seek to question agency ex-pesticide manager
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He quit days after report favorable to company was leaked
A former Environmental Protection Agency official may not be able to escape testifying about his alleged role in helping Monsanto Co. suppress inquiries into whether its Roundup weed killer causes cancer.
A manager who left the agency’s pesticide division last year has become a central figure in more than 20 lawsuits in the U.S. accusing the company of failing to warn consumers and regulators of the risk that its glyphosate-based herbicide can cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
