The jury determined the popular weed killer was a 'substantial factor' in the development of Edwin Hardeman's non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
A federal jury in San Francisco has awarded more than $80 million to a 70-year-old California man after determining last week that his exposure to Monsanto's widely-used weed killer Roundup wasThe verdict announced Wednesday concludes the second and final phase of the trial in Edwin Hardeman's case against Monsanto, the manufacturer of the widely-used herbicide.
The 70-year-old was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in February 2015 after using Roundup to kill poison oak and other invasive plants on his 56-acre property for more than two decades. Hardeman's lawsuit is the lead case of a multidistrict litigation involving more than 1,600 plaintiffs in the US District Court for the Northern District of California and the second case alleging Monsanto’s glyphosate-based products cause cancer that has gone to trial.who worked as a school groundskeeper, nearly $290 million in damages. The verdict was later reduced to $78.5 million and is on appeal.
"We are disappointed with the jury’s decision, but this verdict does not change the weight of over four decades of extensive science and the conclusions of regulators worldwide that support the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides and that they are not carcinogenic," Bayer said in a statement."We have great sympathy for Mr. Hardeman and his family. Bayer stands behind these products and will vigorously defend them.
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