What is Glyphosate?
Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine) is a synthetic, organophosphorus compound that we are exposed to in our food, water, rain, air, personal products, and landscapes. Glyphosate was originally developed and tested for pharmaceutical use in 1950. When no pharmaceutical uses were found, it became a common metal boiler and pipe cleaner due to its ability to effectively…
Hot in Here
Last weekend, I spent a few hours working on a service project on a grassy hill in the Bayview District of San Francisco. The project involved hand-picking turnip and plantain overgrowth to make room for the eruption of the predicted late-spring wildflower blooms. The leader of the project was a restorative landscaper for the City…
Day 5 – Game, Set, Match!
I’m heading over the Bay today for my first date with the Pilliod trial. Thanks to AOJ, I have a sense of what to expect. On my drive over, I listen to a new podcast from Dr. Zach Bush. Friends, if you haven’t had the chance to listen to Zach speak, please do so ASAP.…
Day 4 – Mr. Baumann, Tear Down This Geofence!
By: AOJ Pilliod v Monsanto The other day I went to Lowes to order some concrete for a project. Just inside the entrance on the right were a dozen pallets of Roundup—thousands of bottles of the stuff. This is not where they normally display it; it is usually along a wall on a few shelves…
The Heart of the Matter
By AOJ – AKA Johnson Juror #4 Well here we go again! I get to the Alameda Superior Court 45 minutes early and am greeted by Plaintiff attorney Mark Burton in the hall who says it is “already tight in there.” The master of understatement is on an assignment to retrieve more chairs. I get…
Verdict – From the Fair and Impartial
I’m not going to miss the verdict this time. I was finally added to the media list, so I can now get the real-time updates on the status of the jury. A few news organizations asked to interview me, so I look to find a quiet spot in the courthouse to film. I’m ridiculously unsmooth…
HARDEMAN AWARDED OVER $80 MILLION IN UNANIMOUS VERDICT
No image – just immense HAPPINESS. Click Here for the writeup of the verdict reading!
Phase 2, Day 4 – The Final Act
And yet another closing. The courtroom is packed again, and I feel energy and momentum in the room for the Plaintiff side. Or perhaps I am trying to project my own energy after listening to a podcast entitled: How to Become Your Future Self with Joe Dispenza. He works to connect neuroscience, epigenetics, quantum physics,…
Phase 2, Day 3 – A Bayer Market
DANG Bayer’s stock price crashed. Since the Johnson trial, I’ve kept a close ear on what analysts and investors are whispering about Bayer and the litigation. More often than not, I’ve found investors continuing to give the benefit of the doubt to Bayer. Some even encourage a “Buy” while arguing that the prices are undervalued,…
Phase 2, Day 2 – Mind-blowing Admissions
Attorney: When you say the surfactant is disruptive to the GI system, what do you mean? Tell us a little more about what that actually means as far as the animal ingesting surfactant or the formulated product that includes a surfactant. Donna Farmer: Surfactants are named for surface acting substances, because they act on the…
Phase 2, Day 1 – Happy Silent Spring Break
By AOJ Back again for the first time, Phase Two! Just a note: I put dialog in quotes to keep things organized, but these quotes are the spirit, but not the letter of what was said. Elaine and Christopher Stevicks are here. Wow, these two are dedicated. In case you missed it, they are the…
Chronic Jury Inflammation
By AOJ – AKA Johnson Juror #4 Unexpected emotions took a few minutes to hit me after I heard the news that the Hardeman jury had reached a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. I am sure we, the Johnson jury, got that verdict right. But that does not mitigate the worry that we were…
UNANIMOUS VERDICT = ROUNDUP CAUSES CANCER
QUESTION TO THE JURY: Did Mr. Hardeman prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his exposure to Roundup was a substantial factor in causing his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma? The answer was yes, for all 6 jurors. The trial will now move to Phase 2 to determine Monsanto’s liability and subsequent damages. YIPPEEEEE!!! More later –…
