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May 14, 2019

CA Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay Over $2 Billion in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
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In Oakland, California, Monsanto has been ordered to pay its highest
damages yet in the third lawsuit over the popular weedkiller Roundup. A
jury has ordered Monsanto, which is owned by German pharmaceutical giant
Bayer, to pay more than $2 billion in punitive damages to Alva and
Alberta Pilliod - a couple who were both diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma cancer after using Roundup on their properties for over 30
years. The main ingredient in the herbicide is glyphosate, and is said
to cause the cancer. Attorneys for the plaintiffs estimate that there
are tens of thousands of similar cases against Roundup pending in courts
around the country. This is attorney Brent Wisner speaking after the
verdict was announced.

Brent Wisner: "Monsanto keeps denying that it causes cancer and these
two fine people here are casualties of that deception. This is going to
continue until Monsanto and now Bayer takes responsibility for its
product. People are dying, people are getting sick and they have no idea
that it is being caused by Roundup."

Earlier this month, the EPA said that glyphosate is not carcinogenic.
However other scientific studies, and the World Health Organization have
found that human exposure can in fact lead to cancer.


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