Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2019. A jury in federal court in San Francisco has concluded that Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man's cancer. The unanimous verdict on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, came in a trial that plaintiffs' attorneys said could help determine the fate of hundreds of similar lawsuits against Roundup's manufacturer, agribusiness giant Monsanto.
Hardeman’s trial is before a different judge and may be more significant. U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria is overseeing hundreds of Roundup lawsuits and has deemed Hardeman’s case and two others “bellwether trials.” The trial will now proceed to the second phase to determine whether the company is liable and if so, for how much.“This has been a long time coming for Mr. Hardeman,” said one of his attorneys, Jennifer Moore. “He’s very pleased he had his day in court, and we’re looking forward to phase two.”Many government regulators have rejected a link between cancer and glyphosate. Monsanto has vehemently denied such a connection, saying hundreds of studies have established that the chemical is safe.
Monsanto developed glyphosate in the 1970s, and the weed killer is now sold in more than 160 countries and widely used in the U.S.
People must stop using round up. Grow food not lawns.
Good for the plaintiff zero for science.
Uh ya, he may as well bathed with the stuff.
Shocked, who would ever have thought that a poison could cause cancer.
Duh
Yikes!
But it will continue to be sold on the shelves in the U.S.
Proof that jury's are unreliable interpreters of science. The aggrieved believes it, so the truth doesn't matter.
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