In light of three consecutive verdicts totaling $2.2 billion in the U.S linking the weedkiller Roundup to cancer, the Australian firm Carbone Lawyers has filed a lawsuit against Roundup manufacturer Monsanto Co., while the Victoria State Government is launching an investigation into the use of glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide globally and the main ingredient in Roundup.*
Melbourne-based Carbone Lawyers filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Monsanto on June 3 on behalf of self-employed gardener Michael Ogalirolo, 54, who is seeking damages against the company for his long-term use of Roundup. Ogalirolo claims the glyphosate-based weedkiller caused his blood cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which was diagnosed in 2011 and forced him to retire in 2015.*
