Environmental & Institutional

Roundup is a glyphosate-based herbicide originally made by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018. It is the most widely used weed killer in the world. For years, tens of thousands of agricultural workers, landscapers, and home gardeners have alleged that long-term Roundup exposure caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), citing the WHO cancer agency’s 2015 classification of…

Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) is a firefighting foam used for decades by the military, airports, fire departments, and industrial facilities to suppress fuel fires. AFFF contains PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, often called “forever chemicals” — which do not break down in the environment or the human body. In 2023, the World Health Organization’s…