From POLITICO
-March 20, 2019-
JURY FINDS ROUNDUP CAUSED CANCER:
A California man claiming that Roundup caused his cancer scored a victory Tuesday when a federal jury decided the weedkiller was likely to blame for his non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis. The verdict means the trial will continue into a second phase, in which Monsanto will have to disclose internal documents. The jury will also discuss what liability the company faces.
It’s a major blow for Bayer, which inherited Monsanto’s Roundup product portfolio when it purchased the agrichemical company last year. The company received bad publicity in August when a California jury awarded $289 million in a state case to a former groundskeeper who said he got non-Hodgkin lymphoma after longtime exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup.
In a statement, Bayer said credible science doesn’t support the plaintiffs’ case and that it plans to “vigorously defend” glyphosate-based products used by farmers and consumers.
What’s next: The six-member jury, which has already been in court for about a month, will continue to hear testimony, including those involving company discussions about health studies. The same jury will decide whether Bayer will have to pay damages to Edwin Hardeman, the 70-year-old plaintiff. His attorneys stated they “look forward to presenting this evidence and holding Monsanto accountable for its bad conduct.”