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Subject: Monsanto faces Wisconsin Roundup class action lawsuit


    
Monsanto      faces Wisconsin Roundup class action lawsuit
    
Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman, June 26,      2017
      https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/roundup-class-action-wisconsin/
    
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      Six consumers are leading a Wisconsin Roundup class action lawsuit      against Monsanto, alleging the agrochemical giant falsely promoted      its top-selling Roundup weed killer as interfering with an enzyme      found in plants but not “in people or pets” when microbiota found      in the human gut, mucous membranes and skin do depend on that      enzyme’s proper functioning.
      
      The Roundup class action lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in U.S.      District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin by a class of      plaintiffs from California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New      York, and Wisconsin. The plaintiffs are represented by the law      firms of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman P.C., Richman Law      Group, Miller Firm LLC, Andrus Wagstaff LLP, Gabrielli Levitt LLP,      Kennedy & Madonna LLP, Turke & Strauss LLP, and Weitz      & Luxenburg P.C.
      
      The defendants in the case are Monsanto and Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
      
      For many years, Monsanto’s marketing on several Roundup products      has claimed and continues to claim that glyphosate targets an      enzyme not found “in people or pets.” But according to the Roundup      class action lawsuit, this statement is “false, misleading, and      deceptive, as the enzyme that glyphosate targets is found in      people and pets — specifically, in beneficial gut bacteria…”
      
      Glyphosate kills weeds by interfering with the “shikimate      pathway,” a metabolic sequence that synthesizes vital amino acids.      Glyphosate disrupts the shikimate pathway by interfering with      5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP), an enzyme synthase that      governs aromatic amino acid formation.
      
      The beneficial bacteria in our gut (and the gut of other mammals),      on which our immune systems rely, produce and utilize EPSP      synthase. Thus, the lawsuit alleges that Monsanto’s marketing      disregards the millions of bacteria, fungi and other      microorganisms in or on human mucous membranes, skin and the gut      that rely upon the shikimate pathway that glyphosate interrupts.
      
      Plaintiffs in the Wisconsin Roundup class action seek compensation      for themselves and class members equal to the amount of money they      paid for Roundup products which they would not have purchased had      they been properly informed that the enzyme glyphosate targets      actually does exist in humans and animals, contrary to Roundup’s      marketing.
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