Monsanto Roundup Attacks Healthy Gut Bacteria, Lawsuit Says
- Says weedkiller is marketed as targeting enzyme not in humans
- Bayer’s Monsanto, sued by thousands, faces new kind of claim
Bottles of Roundup weed killer.
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Monsanto Co. has been sued by thousands of farmers and others who blame their cancers on its massively popular Roundup weedkiller. Now Germany’s Bayer AG, which bought the agriculture giant last year, faces a claim that it deceived home gardeners about Roundup’s impact on their gut bacteria and their health.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Kansas City, Missouri, claims that labels on products such as Roundup’s Weed & Grass Killer falsely assured consumers that they target an enzyme not found “in people or pets.”