Arguing that agrochemical company Monsanto has spent decades deceiving consumers about the dangers of its popular Roundup weed killer, attorneys for a California man living with cancer asked a federal jury [March 26] to award their client $18 million for his pain and suffering….
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The comment came during closing arguments in the second half of the high-stakes trial over the apparent carcinogenicity of Roundup….After deciding in an initial trial phase that Roundup partly caused plaintiff Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the….jury must now decide whether Monsanto is liable for his illness and how much it must pay in damages if it is.
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“Nothing has stopped this company,” plaintiff’s attorney Jennifer Moore told jurors, adding that Monsanto cares only about profits. “You’ve got to warn – no more business as usual at Monsanto. Send that message loud and clear.”
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Monsanto, which German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG acquired last June, insists Roundup and its active ingredient glyphosate are safe, citing hundreds of studies finding no link between them and non-Hodgkin lymphoma….
But Hardeman, who was diagnosed with aggressive Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in early 2015 and is now in remission, claims his 26 years using Roundup….caused the disease.
Read full, original article: Jurors Take Over in Roundup Cancer Trial Liability Phase
