Bayer urges court to approve $7.25 billion Monsanto Roundup settlement that could limit its future liabilities Western Producer | September 14, 2026 (++)

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/14/bayer-urges-court-to-approve-7-25-billion-monsanto-roundup-settlement-that-could-limit-its-future-liabilities/ Bayer is asking a Missouri court to grant final approval to a $7.25 billion settlement covering roughly 65,000 lawsuits claiming Roundup weedkiller causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma, as Reuters’ Dietrich Knauth reports. Judge Timothy Boyer heard arguments in St. Louis on September 14, 2026 but isn’t expected to rule immediately. ‘Glyphosate is not carcinogenic’: Independent EU chemical oversight agency reaffirms—for the 3rd time in 9 years—that the herbicide is safe-as-used Food Safety Magazine | September 14, 2026 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/09/14/glyphosate-is-not-carcinogenic-independent-eu-chemical-oversight-agency-reaffirms-for-the-3rd-time-in-9-years-that-the-herbicide-is-safe-as-used/ The European Chemicals Agency’s Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has reaffirmed, for the third time in nine years, that glyphosate does not warrant a carcinogen classification, even after reviewing new tumor data, as Food Safety Magazine’s Bailee Henderson reports. The September 8, 2026 decision upholds RAC’s 2022 hazard assessment and a 2023 EU risk review that found no critical health concerns tied to the world’s most widely used herbicide.