Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson looks on after hearing the verdict to his case against Monsanto at the Superior Court Of California in San Francisco, California, on August 10, 2018. – A California jury on Friday, August 10, 2018 ordered agrochemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer. Jurors found Monsanto acted with “malice” and that its weed killers Roundup and the professional grade version RangerPro contributed “substantially” to Dewayne Johnson’s terminal illness. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / POOL / AFP)
On our show today, first our daily news headlines. Then, a jury in San Francisco has just awarded a historic legal settlement against Monsanto in a lawsuit filed by a man dying of cancer. DeWayne Johnson has non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and applied Monsantos Round Up pesticide for years. My guest Ronnie Cummins from the Organic Consumers Association will explain the importance of the settlement. Then, Jesse Littlewood of Common Cause will share with us details of a new campaign to hold politicians accountable on issues important to democracy. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
