2024-01-27 07:39:12
Monsanto, a subsidiary of the German giant Bayer, was ordered Friday by the jury of a US court to pay $2.25 billion in damages to a man who accused the weedkiller Roundup of being the cause of his cancer . The group will appeal.
The plaintiff’s lawyer confirmed that jurors in Pennsylvania State Civil Court awarded their client $2 billion in damages and $250 million in compensatory damages. The plaintiff claimed that his non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, was linked to the use of Roundup, the active ingredient of which is glyphosate.
Glyphosate was classified in 2015 as a “probable carcinogen” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization (WHO).
For the lawyer, Bayer made “bad choices in this matter”. “The fact that they did not seek more to find an amicable agreement is a mystery.” The group has reaffirmed its intention to go to trial each time it is attacked over the alleged effects of Roundup.
>> Read also: Glyphosate, a controversial weedkiller, should remain authorized in the EU
165,000 procedures
He stressed that he had won his case in several recent proceedings linked to Roundup, relying on “assessments from regulators and scientists who continue to consider this product as safe”.
In mid-November, a Missouri court jury awarded Monsanto $1.5 billion in damages for three Americans who also blamed their non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on years of use. Roundup. The group also appealed this conviction.
>> Read also: Monsanto will have to pay $80 million to a retiree suffering from cancer
400 million dollars in compensation
According to Bayer, 113,000 of the approximately 165,000 proceedings initiated once morest Monsanto and linked to weedkiller have been resolved or declared inadmissible to date.
In June 2020, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant reached an amicable agreement covering, according to the company, around 75% of the 125,000 actions then in progress. The transaction provided for the payment of a total sum of between $10.1 and $10.9 billion.
Bayer also dedicated 400 million dollars to compensate people exposed to another herbicide, dicamba, and 820 million for disputes linked to PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), so-called eternal pollutants.
ats/hkr
1706352864
#Monsanto #ordered #pay #billion #man #cancer #rts.ch
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25290332/STK255_Google_Gemini_B.jpg "Google Workspace AI: New Features and Price Increase for Business Users")
