Why did Monsanto take a canadian farmer all the way to the supreme court? And what does this have to do with controversial herbicide glyphosate?

Learn about the science and history of Round Up Ready GMO crops.

Key references

https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/38991/index.do

→ The Monsanto vs. Schmeiser Supreme Court Decision.

 

https://www.helbocklaw.com/california-jury-awards-2-billion-couple-roundup-weed-killer-cancer-trial/

→ Article about California lawsuit related to glyphosate

 

https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/article/192/2/131/7066927#402719028

→ Review of glyphosate studies. 

 

1. Funke, H. Han, M.L. Healy-Fried, M. Fischer, & E. Schönbrunn, Molecular basis for the herbicide resistance of Roundup Ready crops, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (35) 13010-13015, 

 

Landau et al., The silver bullet that wasn’t: Rapid agronomic weed adaptations to glyphosate in North America, PNAS Nexus, Volume 2, Issue 12, December 2023, pgad338,

 

https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/60663500/publications/reddy/reddy%20and%20nandula_2-12_ija_57-1-7.pdf

→ Overview of herbicide resistant crops.