agricultural chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer has lost in the United States a further important process to supposedly cancer-causing products in the daughter Monsanto . A Jury of the competent Federal district court in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that Monsanto cancer risks of the Herbicide, Roundup is a controversial active ingredient glyphosate liable. Monsanto must pay to the 70-year-old plaintiff Edwin Hardeman damages in the total amount of almost $ 81 million. Bayer revealed in a statement, disappointed. However, the ruling does not change anything “at the weight of over four decades of extensive scientific work and the conclusions of regulatory authorities worldwide, the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides, and support the conclusion that these are carcinogenic”.

The group also announced, against the judgment of appeal. In the last week, the Jury was already in the preliminary round for the first part of the process to the conclusion that Roundup should be classified as a carcinogen.

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Bayer is the case, Hardeman, highly controversial, because it is a Bellwether Case. Thus, a kind of pattern case in US law in a mass procedure. Several of these representative cases are reported. They should help the parties to the dispute, to the extent of damage and the amount of possible payments of compensation better estimate. A total of several Hundred actions brought by farmers, gardeners and consumers in the relevant U.S. judge Vince Chhabria bundled.

The wave of lawsuits against Bayer to get that really rolling, after a jury had awarded to the cancer patients Dewayne Johnson in another procedure in August, a total of 289 million dollars in Pain and suffering, and compensation. The judge lowered the penalty against the last year, Bayer acquired the U.S. Seed company Monsanto, later on, to more than 78 million dollars, in principle, they changed the judgment, but nothing.

the stock market is Bayer because of the many glyphosate-action lawsuits in the United States now under massive pressure. Investors and analysts question whether the Leverkusen may have underestimated the risks of some 63 billion Dollar Monsanto purchase. The current procedure was only the beginning: Until the end of January, Monsanto in the United States were glyphosate-related lawsuits from around 11’200 plaintiffs. On Thursday to start another process at a regional court in Oakland, California.

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In the research is the question of whether the Roundup contained chemical glyphosate, a carcinogenic effect is to be, controversial. The U.S. environmental protection Agency, EPA, and the Supervisory authorities arrived in the EU to the conclusion that glyphosate is not a cancer risk. By contrast, the world health organization, WHO, hearing stated, the International Agency for research on cancer (IARC) three years ago that glyphosate is “likely to be carcinogenic in humans”.

In Switzerland, should glyphosate be used. However, the sale of the controversial herbicide is declining. In 2017, were sold still 186 tons. This is 45 percent less than in 2008, as the Federal office for agriculture (foag) announced in early February. (scl/sda)

Created: 28.03.2019, 02:54 PM