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Friday, October 16, 2026
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Experts against Monsanto

AUSTIN, Texas — Monsanto may not exclude expert testimony in a wrongful death lawsuit over its Roundup product, ruled a federal court in Texas. The man used the herbicide for decades before developing a recurring cancer and eventually succumbing to it. Only one expert, whose testimony “speaks only generally to the statistical value of life, and not the specific loss” involved in this case, is excluded; others, such as a neurologist who treated the deceased, may testify.

Read the ruling here.

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