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• Madison County Record reports atrazine class action lawyer who earned $35 million in fees files new lawsuit against Syngenta May 5, 2021 Tillery: Lawyer with record high $10B trial judgment takes on Syngenta, Chevron in St. Clair Originally published here. By Steve Korris | May 5, 2021 BELLEVILLE – Stephen Tillery, ready for trial on a claim that weed killer paraquat caused four plaintiffs to suffer Parkinson’s disease, won the biggest judgment ever in an American trial and lost it at the Illinois ...
• The Risk-Monger’s latest SlimeGate “story of deceit” exposes how tort law firms manipulated glyphosate claims; likens to alleged “blackmail” by attorney Stephen Tillery in atrazine case January 8, 2020 SlimeGate 2/7: Predatorts 2.1/4: The Glyphosate Extortion Racket Originally posted here Posted by RISKMONGER on JANUARY 8, 2020 THIS IS A STORY OF DECEIT. I WILL SHOW HOW A COLLECTION OF US TORT LAW FIRMS KNEW THAT GLYPHOSATE WAS NOT A CARCINOGEN, BUT GIVEN HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO WIN CASES ON SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS FROM MULTIPLE CHEMICALS MADE BY DIFFERENT ...
• Center for Regulatory Effectiveness comments on NRDC lawsuit and EPA review of atrazine January 2, 2020 Center for Regulatory Effectiveness’ (“CRE”) Comments on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Proposed Interim Decision (“PID”) for Atrazine Originally published here 85 FR 93 (Jan. 2, 2020), at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-0102/pdf/2019-28339.pdf . Comments filed February 29, 2020, at www.Regulations.gov , EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0266. I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND REQUESTED ACTIONS We commend EPA’s PID for improved data quality in some respects. In particular, the PID’s Community Equivalent ...
• Risk-Monger David Zaruk’s SlimeGate series examines tort law firms feeding on emotional outrage to gain exorbitant legal fees, suggests litigation efforts against ag, food industries citing example of Stephen Tillery November 19, 2018 SlimeGate 2/7: Predatorts 4/4: The Hypocrisy of the Honeypot Original posted here. Posted by RISKMONGER on NOVEMBER 19, 2018 In this chapter on the Predatorts, we have seen how the Plaintiff Playbook has been used by unscrupulous law firms to create public fear, uncertainty and outrage. From ExxonMobil and Chevron to Bayer and J&J, from Syngenta to Dow Corning, these toxic tort lawyers ...
• David Zaruk’s examination of tort law firms highlights “plaintiff playbook” exploiting system, using extortion to gain lucrative settlements, cites atrazine class action October 31, 2018 SlimeGate 2/7: Predatorts 2/4: Applying the Plaintiff Playbook Originally posted here. Posted by RISKMONGER on OCTOBER 31, 2018 Part 1 of the Predatort section examined how the tort law firms had to become creative in fabricating new case leads in the late 1990s when the honeypots of tobacco, lead and asbestos lawsuits started to dry up. There was a clear strategy of ...
• American Council on Science and Health questions “bizarre” relationship between atrazine attorney and federal judge June 16, 2017 The Bizarre Relationship Between Environmental Lawyer Stephen Tillery And A Federal Judge Who Helped Him Originally posted here. By Hank Campbell | June 16th 2017 05:59 PM Attorney Patrick Murphy is representing infamous sue-and-settle environmental lawyer Stephen Tillery, senior partner and founder of Korein Tillery, as plaintiff in the court of Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert in a lawsuit ...
• Syngenta defends senior scientist March 7, 2014 Professor Tyrone Hayes made outrageous and utterly false accusations against one of our scientists. These comments also are posted on its website. Syngenta cannot allow malicious treatment of a colleague to go unchallenged.
• Statement concerning Democracy Now February 27, 2014 Syngenta values constructive dialogue with stakeholders and respects differing opinions. However, the Feb. 21st, 2014 Democracy Now report contained statements by Dr. Hayes that are completely false, without merit and harmful to the reputation of both the company and our employees.
• What The New Yorker didn’t tell you – the real facts behind the story February 6, 2014 In the course of The New Yorker magazine’s preparation of an article on Syngenta and the U.S. regulatory process, we provided important input and corrections of fact to both its staff writer and fact checker. Unfortunately, the magazine chose to ignore much of this information and gloss over key points, in order to present a ...
• Syngenta responds to The New Yorker story February 6, 2014 It’s unfortunate and surprising that The New Yorker story criticizes a requirement that regulatory decisions “rely on studies that meet high standards for ‘quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity.’” We support sound science and hope that U.S. policy continues to be based on well-tested, solid research.
• Syngenta stands by the safety of atrazine February 4, 2014 Syngenta stands by the safety of atrazine. Our goal always has been to clearly communicate the facts about atrazine and correct the record where there is misinformation regarding the established safety of our product. And we will continue to defend our product and encourage others to share their knowledge, experience and scientific data about the ...
• Response to Ackerman et al. study – Would banning atrazine benefit farmers? January 17, 2014 Syngenta stands by these findings and the many benefits that atrazine offers to food production, crop yield, the environment, job creation and the U.S. economy.
• Atrazine article is advocacy, not journalism June 18, 2013 An article about Syngenta’s defense of atrazine was recently posted on the Environmental Health News website. It’s important to understand this story is a work of advocacy, not journalism. It was written as part of a new effort on the part of plaintiffs’ attorneys reported to be planning future litigation.
• Study shows atrazine poses no cancer risk in drinking water February 8, 2013 A new report in the March 2013 issue of European Journal of Cancer Prevention states atrazine appears to be a good candidate for a category of herbicides with a probable absence of cancer risk. The authors, Boffetta et. al, recommend that atrazine continue to be treated for regulatory and public health purposes as an agent ...
• University of Missouri Students Investigate Atrazine Runoff November 20, 2012 From High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal: University of Missouri undergraduates, working with faculty from the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, investigated whether working the herbicide atrazine into crop soils would reduce runoff that could make its way into drinking water systems. Current regulations require that drinking water contain no more than three parts ...