The Latest $80 Million Cancer Judgment Is Just the Beginning of Roundup’s Woes

On Wednesday afternoon, German chemical giant Bayer sustained another costly legal defeat related to Monsanto, the US seed and pesticide giant it subsumed last year. A US District Court jury in San Francisco awarded plaintiff Edward Hardeman $80.3 million—including $75 million in damages—after ruling that Monsanto’s blockbuster glyphosate-based Roundup herbicides had caused his case of … Continue reading The Latest $80 Million Cancer Judgment Is Just the Beginning of Roundup’s Woes