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Bayer agrees to pay $10.9bn to settle Roundup weedkiller claims
Bayer bought US firm and Roundup maker Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018.
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Bayer bought US firm and Roundup maker Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018.
The judge said that while Monsanto’s conduct was “reprehensible”, it didn’t justify the damages awarded.
A jury in California ordered the payout in what the couple’s legal team called a “historic” damages award.
A US jury found that the product lacked sufficient warnings of potential risk.
The €254 million payout is expected to open the door to a slew of similar cases against Monsanto, manufacturer of Roundup.
Farmers and environmentalists are not pleased.
Regorafenib is used to treat a form of stomach cancer.
A ban on three pesticides, which some argue are threatening bees, will come into effect from December following a European Commission vote yesterday.
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