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Monsanto's weed-killing product, Roundup, has featured prominently in the news lately after a plaintiff received $289 million in a lawsuit claiming that the plaintiff's terminal cancer was caused by Roundup. At issue in the lawsuit was whether glyphosate, an herbicide found in Roundup, causes cancer. This is a debated scientific question with, as of yet, no clear consensus, but the…

In the United States, there are approximately 5,000 glyphosate lawsuits being filed against Monsanto because of their Roundup product's use of the herbicide, which has been linked to cancer by California state scientists and the World Health Organization. It can be easy to view this issue as a United States issue, but global companies like Monsanto operate across the world.…

At present, science is sharply divided on whether glyphosate — an herbicide found in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller — is carcinogenic and cancerous to humans. The World Health Organization found in 2015, for example, that glyphosate is a likely carcinogen, but the Environmental Protection Agency opined in 2017 that the herbicide is likely not carcinogenic. Despite the uncertainty in the scientific community, thousands…

In early August of 2018, Bayer's recently acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay $289 million in damages to a groundskeeper who claimed the brand's Roundup weed killer caused his terminal cancer diagnosis. Monsanto has promised to appeal the verdict, and now experts are starting to weigh in on the strength of the company's argument on appeal. Monsanto Plans to Challenge…

In early August of 2018, a California jury awarded $289 million to a California groundskeeper, Dewayne Johnson, who alleged Roundup caused his terminal cancer. The award was mostly punitive in nature, which was designed to punish Monsanto, the company that creates the Roundup weed killer. Monsanto was recently acquired in a $63 billion deal with Bayer in June, and the…

Bayer's stock has slumped significantly in the aftermath of a historic verdict that saw a California jury award $289 million to a groundskeeper who argued that his terminal cancer was caused by Roundup. On Monday, August 13th, the company's stock slumped more than 10 percent in trading just months after Bayer acquired Monsanto, the company who makes the popular Roundup…