A California couple was awarded $2.055 billion earlier this summer after a jury reached a verdict that supported the couple's claims that their cancer was caused by the use of Roundup weed killer.
Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, announced in June that it intended to set aside about $9.6 billion to settle claims with current plaintiffs and another $1.25 billion for future claims that the ...
Glyphosate/Roundup is the most widely used agrichemical in history. Monsanto introduced it in 1974, and its use exploded after Monsanto introduced “Roundup-ready” seeds — engineered to resist ...
Schmeiser also told the court that he used herbicides sparingly, and preferred to use Roundup only before or after a growing season to “burn off” weeds rather than directly on a growing canola ...