Roundup Trial Begins With Debate Over Cancer, Cries Of ‘Half-Truths’, ‘Untruths’

(August 4, 2022, 12:55 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — In opening arguments Aug. 3, the attorney for three cancer victims described Roundup maker Monsanto Co. as being more interested in combatting scientific studies showing its product was dangerous than in protecting the public, while Monsanto’s attorney insisted that the herbicide does not cause cancer as he contended that the plaintiffs’ attorney’s opening remarks contained “half-truths” and “untruths.”...

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