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发帖数: 518 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 History 讨论区 】
发信人: shaodian (有熊), 信区: History
标 题: 反转基因的重大胜利：美法院裁定草甘膦除草剂致癌，孟山都需支付患者2.89亿美元
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 14 00:53:17 2018, 美东)
2018-8-11 16:59
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原作者: 萨姆·莱文（Sam T. Levin）；翻译校对：花果山 来自: 人们食物主权
食物主权按：草甘膦是农达除草剂的主要成分，主要配合抗草甘膦转基因作物使用，自
2015年被世卫组织下属的癌症研究机构(IARC)评定为2A级致癌物以后，美国有越来越多
的非霍奇金淋巴瘤患者及其家属起诉其研发公司孟山都。第一起起诉孟山都农达产品致
癌案于7月9日开庭，历经了一个月的审讯，法庭最终判定孟山都公司对非霍奇金淋巴瘤
患者韦恩·约翰逊负责，并向他支付2.89亿美元赔偿金。庭审证据显示，孟山都公司几
十年来故意隐瞒草甘膦除草剂的危害，并聘请学术“枪手”帮助它持续鼓吹该化学品的
效用。目前美国已有数千起类似的法律诉讼，癌症幸存者或死者亲属被鼓励提出相似的
要求。
韦恩·约翰逊（DeWayne Johnson）上个月在旧金山的孟山都审判法庭中聆听审讯。
照片来源：Pool New / Reuters
孟山都遭受了重大打击，陪审团裁定该公司应对一位身患绝症的男子的癌症负责，并向
他支付2.89亿美元的赔偿金。
上周五，韦恩·约翰逊(Dewayne Johnson)，一位46岁的前任园丁，在这起具有里程碑
意义的案件中取得了巨大的胜利，陪审团判定孟山都的农达除草剂导致了他的癌症，但
该公司明知草甘膦致癌，却没有警告他暴露农达除草剂的可能健康危。陪审团还发现孟
山都的“恶意和压迫”行为。
在旧金山长达一个月的庭审过程中，约翰逊的律师辩称，孟山都多年来一直在“与科学
作对”，并将矛头对准了那些宣扬这种除草剂产品可能存在健康风险的学者。约翰逊是
第一位将这家农化公司告上法庭的人，该公司被指控以农达（Roundup）品牌出售的除
草剂会致癌。
孟山都公司被指责在几十年来隐瞒了农达除草剂的危险，该公司否认了这一说法。
照片来源：Benoit Tessier /路透社
这起具有里程碑意义的诉讼声称孟山都隐瞒了除草剂的致癌风险达几十年。
在美国已经有数千起类似的法律诉讼，约翰逊的案件尤其重要，因为因为法官允许原告
与被告双方的证人团队在庭上提出科学论据，互相对峙。争论集中在草甘膦上，草甘膦
是世界上使用最广泛的除草剂。一个月前，一名联邦法官裁定，癌症幸存者或死者亲属
可以在另一场审讯中提出类似要求。
在漫长的庭审过程中，原告律师提交了孟山都高管的内部电子邮件。他们表示，这些邮
件表明，孟山都一再无视专家的警告，寻求对其有利的科学分析，并帮助学术“枪手”
继续鼓吹草甘膦的效用。
孟山都一直认为草甘膦除草剂农达是安全的，与癌症无关。在审理期间，孟山都一直坚
持农达是安全的，与癌症无关，并提供了相关研究反驳约翰逊团队提交的研究和证词。
这种除草剂在130个国家注册，并被批准用于100多种作物，但在2015年，世界卫生组织
下属的国际癌症研究机构(IARC)将草甘膦列为“可能对人类有致癌性的物质”，引发了
一波法律和立法方面的挑战。
5月19日法国波尔多反孟山都行动。
照片来源：Mehdi Fedouach / AFP / Getty Images
现年46岁的约翰逊是三个孩子的父亲，他曾在旧金山北部郊区贝尼西亚的校区担任园丁
和虫害管理员。他从2012年开始任职，他在证词中说明了在学校操场上喷洒除草剂以控
制杂草，有时每天喷洒几个小时。
他认为接触这些化学物质导致了自己患上非霍奇金淋巴瘤(NHL)，一种血细胞癌，站在
证人席上时，他谈到了他的疼痛和痛苦，因为他全身皮肤已损伤。
“我经历了很多痛苦，”“这真的把一切都从你身上夺走了……我一点都没有好转。”
他还作证说，孟山都不应该让他在学校附近使用除草剂。他说：“如果我知道这会对他
们造成伤害，我就不会在学校或周围喷洒那种产品。”
据他的医生说，约翰逊可能只有几个月的生命。他的妻子作证说，她不得不做两份工作
，有时每天工作14小时，来帮助支付医疗费用。
赔偿金包括过去和将来的经济损失和惩罚性赔偿。
另一起农达致癌的审讯计划于秋季在密苏里州的圣路易斯开始。根据约翰逊律师的说法
，孟山都公司在美国面临着超过3000起类似案件。 | s******n
发帖数: 518 | 2 original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/10/monsanto-trial-cancer-
dewayne-johnson-ruling
Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man's cancer
Court finds in favor of Dewayne Johnson, first person to take Roundup maker
to trial
Sam Levin in San Francisco and Patrick Greenfield
Sat 11 Aug 2018 07.34 EDT
First published on Fri 10 Aug 2018 18.38 EDT
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Dewayne Johnson listens during the Monsanto trial in San Francisco last
month.
DeWayne Johnson listens during the Monsanto trial in San Francisco last
month. Photograph: Reuters
Monsanto suffered a major blow with a jury ruling that the company was
liable for a terminally ill man’s cancer, awarding him $289m in damages.
Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper, won a huge victory in
the landmark case on Friday, with the jury determining that Monsanto’s
Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer and that the corporation failed to warn
him of the health hazards from exposure. The jury further found that
Monsanto “acted with malice or oppression”.
Johnson’s lawyers argued over the course of a month-long trial in San
Francisco that Monsanto had “fought science” for years and targeted
academics who spoke up about possible health risks of the herbicide product.
Johnson was the first person to take the agrochemical corporation to trial
over allegations that the chemical sold under the brand Roundup causes
cancer.
In the extraordinary verdict, which Monsanto said it intends to appeal, the
jury ruled that the company was responsible for “negligent failure” and
knew or should have known that its product was “dangerous”.
“We were finally able to show the jury the secret, internal Monsanto
documents proving that Monsanto has known for decades that ... Roundup could
cause cancer,” Johnson’s lawyer Brent Wisner said in a statement. The
verdict, he added, sent a “message to Monsanto that its years of deception
regarding Roundup is over and that they should put consumer safety first
over profits”.
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Speaking in San Francisco on Friday, Johnson said that the jury’s verdict
is far bigger than his lawsuit. He said he hopes the case bolsters the
thousands of similar lawsuits pending against the company and brings
national attention to the issue.
Johnson’s case was particularly significant because a judge allowed his
team to present scientific arguments. The dispute centered on glyphosate,
which is the world’s most widely used herbicide. The verdict came a month
after a federal judge ruled that cancer survivors or relatives of the
deceased could bring similar claims forward in another trial.
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During the lengthy trial, the plaintiff’s attorneys brought forward
internal emails from Monsanto executives that they said demonstrated how the
corporation repeatedly ignored experts’ warnings, sought favorable
scientific analyses and helped to “ghostwrite” research that encouraged
continued usage.
Monsanto has long argued that Roundup is safe and not linked to cancer and
presented studies during trial that countered the research and testimony
submitted by Johnson’s team. The herbicide is registered in 130 countries
and approved for use on more than 100 crops, but in 2015, the World Health
Organization’s international agency for research on cancer (IARC)
classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”, triggering a
wave of legal and legislative challenges.
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After the trial, Scott Partridge, the vice-president of Monsanto, rejected
any link between glyphosate and cancer, insisting the “verdict doesn’t
change the four-plus decades of safe use and science behind the product”.
Partridge said the IARC, whose evidence was key in persuading the jury of
the link between glyphosate and cancer, “has been demonstrated as having
been corrupted”, asserting the organisation does “no testing, they do no
analysis, they have no laboratories, they simply render an opinion”.
Speaking to the BBC Radio 4’s Today show on Saturday, Partridge expressed
sympathy for Johnson but continued to dispute the evidence used in the trial.
He said the internal company emails, which were used by Johnson’s attorney
as evidence the agrochemical firm had rejected critical research and expert
warnings about the weedkiller, had been “taken completely out of context”.
Monsanto has long argued that Roundup is safe and not linked to cancer.
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Monsanto has long argued that Roundup is safe and not linked to cancer.
Photograph: Jeff Roberson/AP
Johnson, 46, is a father of three who worked as a groundskeeper and pest
manager for the school district in Benicia, a suburb just north of San
Francisco. That position began in 2012, and he testified that it involved
him spraying herbicide to control weeds on school grounds, sometimes for
several hours a day.
He argued that his exposure to the chemicals caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma (
NHL), a blood cell cancer, and when he took the stand, he discussed his pain
and suffering as skin lesions took over his body.
“I’ve been going through a lot of pain,” Johnson, who goes by the name
Lee, testified weeks earlier. “It really takes everything out of you … I’
m not getting any better.”
He also testified that Monsanto should not have let him use the herbicide
near schoolchildren, saying: “I never would’ve sprayed that product on
school grounds or around people if I knew it would cause them harm.”
Johnson may have just months to live, according to his doctors. His wife
testified that she has had to work two jobs, sometimes with 14-hour days, to
help pay for the medical bills.
The financial award included past and future economic losses and punitive
damages.
Another Roundup cancer trial is scheduled to begin in the fall in St Louis,
Missouri. According to Johnson’s lawyers, Monsanto is facing more than 4,
000 similar cases across the US. | l*****i
发帖数: 20533 | 3 都这么判孟山都就要崩盘了。那样的话，孟山都转基因方面的的知识产权中国可以接盘
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发帖数: 518 | 5 拜耳接盘
拜耳已经把孟山都合并了
【在 l*****i 的大作中提到】
: 都这么判孟山都就要崩盘了。那样的话，孟山都转基因方面的的知识产权中国可以接盘
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发帖数: 20533 | 6 拜尔现在有钱顶住么？没钱的话还得找中国人。
【在 s******n 的大作中提到】
: 拜耳接盘
: 拜耳已经把孟山都合并了
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