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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Monsanto ordered to pay $289m damages in Roundup cancer trial [bbc.com]

Chemical giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289m (£226m) damages to a man who claimed herbicides containing glyphosate had caused his cancer.

In a landmark case, a Californian jury found that Monsanto knew its Roundup and RangerPro weedkillers were dangerous and failed to warn consumers. It's the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging a glyphosate link to cancer.

Monsanto denies that glyphosate causes cancer and says it intends to appeal against the ruling. "The jury got it wrong," vice-president Scott Partridge said outside the courthouse in San Francisco.

The claimant in the case, groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, is among more than 5,000 similar plaintiffs across the US.

Monsanto? Never heard of it. Did you mean Bayer AG [soylentnews.org]?

Previously: Cancer Hazard vs. Risk - Glyphosate [soylentnews.org]
Monsanto Faces First US Trial Over Roundup Cancer Link [soylentnews.org]
Monsanto Cancer Trial Begins in San Francisco [soylentnews.org]

Related: Glyphosate Linked to Liver Damage [soylentnews.org]

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