A California jury recently awarded $289.2 million in damages to a man who claimed that Monsanto’s Roundup and Ranger Pro products caused him to develop terminal cancer. First of Multiple Cases Alleging Roundup Causes Cancer The man, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, 46, worked as a school district groundskeeper near San Francisco and used Monsanto’s Roundup products…

If food and food products become unsafe, they can be withdrawn from the market either by voluntary recalls or via a mandatory recall issued by the Federal government. But what’s the difference between the two? Simply put, a voluntary recall can be effected by either the company which made the product or U.S. regulatory authorities….

A drink from the garden hose, a run through the sprinkler on a hot day, a wading pool full of cool clear water-these are some of the great joys of childhood. But is the water that’s coming through the garden hose safe? Recent studies have found that many garden hoses contain unsafe levels of lead…

The Oxford English Dictionary defines “poison” as “a substance that is capable of causing the illness or death of a living organism when introduced or absorbed.” The legal definition of the term is “any product or substance that can harm someone if it is used in the wrong way, by the wrong person, or in…