Georgia jury orders Monsanto parent to pay nearly $2.1 billion in Roundup weedkiller lawsuit | CNN
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A jury in Georgia has ordered Monsanto parent Bayer to pay nearly $2.1 billion in damages to a man who says the company’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, according to attorneys representing the plaintiff.

Summary

A Georgia jury ordered Bayer, Monsanto’s parent company, to pay $2.1 billion in damages to John Barnes, who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from using Roundup weed killer.

The award includes $65 million in compensatory damages and $2 billion in punitive damages, marking one of the largest settlements in Roundup litigation.

Bayer, which acquired Monsanto in 2018, plans to appeal, disputing claims that Roundup’s key ingredient, glyphosate, causes cancer despite ongoing legal battles and scientific controversy.

The company faces over 177,000 lawsuits and has allocated $16 billion for settlements.

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The fine should be liquidation of the entire company and redistributing that wealth back into the economy.

    They have known their pesticides have caused cancer since the 80s and decided to force every farmer in the country to use it.