Because a glyphosate-containing medium for a cancer case is partly responsible, must pay Bayer $ 80 million in damages. The court ruled in the United States. Other processes threaten.
On the property of Edwin Hardeman in Northern California poison grew ivy and weeds. His plants are overgrown, regularly in his garden. Therefore, Hardeman handle since the 1980s, regularly to the herbicide Roundup manufacturer Monsanto.
However, Roundup contains the means of glyphosate. And is suspected of causing cancer. Monsanto brought the product in the 1970s on the market today, it is sold in more than 160 countries. In the case of millions of farmers and land owners in the USA, Roundup is in the Garage.
Edwin hard man had sued Monsanto. He’s been suffering for four years from cancer.
80 million dollars in damages
Hardeman is now 70 years old. In 2015, he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer and went against Bayer, a subsidiary of Monsanto in court. Now a sechköpfige Jury in San Francisco: The manufacturer can be made to the cancer risks of the Weed killer with the controversial active ingredient glyphosate liable. Monsanto must pay Hardeman approximately 80 million dollars in damages.
in demand As a Hardman’s lawyer, Jennifer Moore, like their clients, she says: “He is happy. He has the feeling that the Jury has listened to you, and all the facts are taken into account. No one should have to go through what he went through. And this verdict gives him some peace. The Jury recognized what happened here, and has drawn Monsanto accountable.”
US court sentenced Bayer, a subsidiary of Monsanto, to million penalty
daily show at 09:00, 28.03.2019, Claudia Buckenmaier, ARD Washington
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